eigenstate
nounEtymology
From eigen- + state.
Definitions
A dynamic quantum mechanical state whose wave function is an eigenvector that corresponds…
A dynamic quantum mechanical state whose wave function is an eigenvector that corresponds to a physical quantity.
- In all quantum theories, basis vectors (which are typically eigenstates) are abstractions of the unit basis vectors along the 3D axes. A general state is a vector sum of certain amounts of each basis vector state.
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