Eigenstate

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A dynamic quantum mechanical state whose wave function is an eigenvector that corresponds to a physical quantity.

    "Otherwise, in the case of pure physisorption, adatoms and very small adclusters would not be observed with the STM because the probability for the sharp eigenstates of the adparticles to lie within the 10 meV energy window ( given by the bias voltage ) would be considerably small."

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eigenfunction

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"Otherwise, in the case of pure physisorption, adatoms and very small adclusters would not be observed with the STM because the probability for the sharp eigenstates of the adparticles to lie within the 10 meV energy window ( given by the bias voltage ) would be considerably small."

Etymology

From eigen- + state.

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