Etymology

Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation

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

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

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