"Heisenberg picture" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Heisenberg pictures [plural]
Etymology: Largely due to Werner Heisenberg in 1925. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Heisenberg picture (plural Heisenberg pictures)
  1. (quantum mechanics) A formulation of quantum mechanics in which the operators (observables and others) incorporate a dependency on time, but the state vectors are time-independent, an arbitrary fixed basis rigidly underlying the theory. It stands in contrast to the Schrödinger picture in which the operators are constant, and further serves to define a third, hybrid picture, the interaction picture. Wikipedia link: Heisenberg picture, Werner Heisenberg Categories (topical): Quantum mechanics Synonyms: Heisenberg representation

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