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Would someone please explain the following found on P. 125 of these notes http://www.hep.phys.soton.ac.uk/hepwww/staff/D.Ross/phys3002/PCCP.pdf?
>On the other hand, two π^0’s cannot be in an l = 1 state. The reason for this is that pions are bosons and so the wavefunction for two identical pions must be symmetric under interchange, whereas the wavefunction for an l = 1 state is antisymmetric if we interchange the two pions. This means that the decay mode \rho^0\to \pi^0+\pi^0 is forbidden.
I don't understand why the wavefunction of l = 1 must be antisymmetric. Perhaps I have forgotten something?
Thanks.
>On the other hand, two π^0’s cannot be in an l = 1 state. The reason for this is that pions are bosons and so the wavefunction for two identical pions must be symmetric under interchange, whereas the wavefunction for an l = 1 state is antisymmetric if we interchange the two pions. This means that the decay mode \rho^0\to \pi^0+\pi^0 is forbidden.
I don't understand why the wavefunction of l = 1 must be antisymmetric. Perhaps I have forgotten something?
Thanks.
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