Discussion
The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution holds for :
Answer: A
The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution holds for distinguishable particles.
Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics counts particles as identifiable individuals, with no limit on how many can occupy a state. It applies to classical systems and, as a limit, to dilute gases at high temperature where the average occupancy of each state is much less than one.
Indistinguishable quantum particles obey Fermi-Dirac statistics if they have half-integral spin (fermions, subject to the exclusion principle) and Bose-Einstein statistics if they have integral spin (bosons). So the options naming all indistinguishable particles, or particles of a given spin, describe the quantum distributions instead.
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