Holstein-Primakoff transformation

noun

A mapping to the spin operators from boson creation and annihilation operators, effectively truncating their infinite-dimensional Fock space to finite-dimensional subspaces.

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Meanings

nounHolstein-Primakoff transformation (plural Holstein-Primakoff transformations)

plural Holstein-Primakoff transformations

  1. quantum mechanicsA mapping to the spin operators from boson creation and annihilation operators, effectively truncating their infinite-dimensional Fock space to finite-dimensional subspaces.

Origin

Developed in 1940 by Theodore Holstein and Henry Primakoff.

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