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Homework Statement
Is the statement ”Given a two-fermion system, and two orbitals φ labeled by quantum numbers a, b, the two-body wavefunction (1,2 represent the particle variables)
$$\psi(1,2) = \phi_a(1) \phi_a(2) - \phi_b(1) \phi_b(2) + \phi_a(1) \phi_b(2) - \phi_b(1) \phi_a(2) $$
correctly describes a possible state of the system” true or false ? Explain your answer
Homework Equations
I think this should be done by arguing so so relevant equations.
The Attempt at a Solution
There's a few of these problems with different wave functions. I'm not sure how to approach these problems.
Maybe by noticing that input (1,2) as not consistent to $\phi_a$ and $\phi_b$, respectively and can hence not describe a quantum state?