"Holstein-Primakoff transformation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Holstein-Primakoff transformations [plural]
Etymology: Developed in 1940 by Theodore Holstein and Henry Primakoff. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Holstein-Primakoff transformation (plural Holstein-Primakoff transformations)
  1. (quantum mechanics) A mapping to the spin operators from boson creation and annihilation operators, effectively truncating their infinite-dimensional Fock space to finite-dimensional subspaces. Wikipedia link: Holstein-Primakoff transformation Categories (topical): Quantum mechanics
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