Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect

noun

Any of a variety of correlation and anticorrelation effects in the intensities received by two detectors from a beam of particles.

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Meanings

nounHanbury-Brown-Twiss effect (plural Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effects)

plural Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effects · alternative Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect · alternative Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect

  1. natural sciencesAny of a variety of correlation and anticorrelation effects in the intensities received by two detectors from a beam of particles.

Origin

Named after Robert Hanbury Brown and Richard Q. Twiss.

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Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hanbury-Brown-Twiss%20effect

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