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Fermion

In the Standard Model of particle physics (also known as Relativistic Quantum Field Theory), a fermion is a particle of matter with a half-integer spin. These include the leptons, baryons (protons and neutrons - composite fermions composed of quarks) and quarks. All fermions obey the Fermi-Dirac statistics (antisymmetric wavefunctions when particles are substituted) and the Pauli exclusion principle, and interact by exchanging bosons (particles of force).

At very low temperatures fermions may form a superfluid phase called a fermionic condensate, which is closely related to the Bose-Einstein condensate state of bosonic atoms at low temperatures. An example of fermionic condensate is the state of electrons in a superconductor.

Web Resources On Fermion

Fermion (Wikipedia)
fermion
Fermionic condensate

Book Resources On Fermion

Strongly Correlated Fermions and Bosons in Low-Dimensional Disordered Systems by Igor V. Lerner, et. al.
Perfect Symmetry: The Search for the Beginning of Time by Heinz R. Pagels

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