unitarity

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noun

The quality or state of being unitary.

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Meanings

noununitarity (countable and uncountable, plural unitarities)

plural unitarities

  1. countableuncountableThe quality or state of being unitary.

    In this section, we shall prove the gauge invariance and unitarity of the physical S-matrix in quantum electrodynamics, to all orders in the renormalized perturbation theory.

    1993, George Sterman, An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, page 334

Origin

Translations

Greek μονοτέλεια, μονοπιθανοτικότητα
  • μονοτέλεια (monotéleia)representation by a unitary operator
  • μονοπιθανοτικότητα (monopithanotikótita)representation by a unitary operator
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