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foldy-wouthuysen transformation

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
foldy--wouthuy-sen -trans-for-ma-tion
IPA
50
Scrabble Score
29
Letters
8
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unitary transformation of the orthonormal basis in which both the Hamiltonian and the state are represented; it has applications in high-energy physics.

Etymology

Formulated by Leslie Lawrance Foldy and Siegfried Adolf Wouthuysen in 1949.

Inflected Forms

Foldy-Wouthuysen transformations (plural)

Questions

What does foldy-wouthuysen transformation mean?
A unitary transformation of the orthonormal basis in which both the Hamiltonian and the state are represented; it has applications in high-energy physics.
Where does foldy-wouthuysen transformation come from?
Formulated by Leslie Lawrance Foldy and Siegfried Adolf Wouthuysen in 1949.

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