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slater determinant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables
slater de-ter-mi-nant
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An expression that describes the wavefunction of a multifermionic system. It satisfies antisymmetry requirements, and consequently the Pauli exclusion principle, by changing sign upon exchange of two electrons (or other fermions).

Etymology

Named after John C. Slater, who introduced the determinant in 1929 as a means of ensuring the antisymmetry of a many-electron wavefunction, although the wavefunction in the determinant form first appeared independently in Heisenberg's and Dirac's articles three years earlier.

Inflected Forms

Slater determinants (plural)

Questions

What does slater determinant mean?
An expression that describes the wavefunction of a multifermionic system. It satisfies antisymmetry requirements, and consequently the Pauli exclusion principle, by changing sign upon exchange of two electrons (or other fermions).
Where does slater determinant come from?
Named after John C. Slater, who introduced the determinant in 1929 as a means of ensuring the antisymmetry of a many-electron wavefunction, although the wavefunction in the determinant form first appeared independently in Heisenberg's and Dirac's articles three years earlier.

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