Feshbach resonance
Feshbach resonance noun: the situation where two slow atoms collide and temporarily stick together, forming an unstable compound with a short lifetime. It is a feature of many-body systems in which a bound state is achieved if the coupling(s) between at least one internal degree of freedom and the reaction coordinates, which lead to dissociation, vanish.
Noun
Feshbach resonance (countable and uncountable, plural Feshbach resonances)
- The situation where two slow atoms collide and temporarily stick together, forming an unstable compound with a short lifetime. It is a feature of many-body systems in which a bound state is achieved if the coupling(s) between at least one internal degree of freedom and the reaction coordinates, which lead to dissociation, vanish.
- Synonyms:
- Fano-Feshbach resonance
Synonyms of Feshbach resonance
Forms of Feshbach resonance
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Origin of Feshbach resonance
Named after American physicist Herman Feshbach.
Questions about Feshbach resonance
- What does Feshbach resonance mean?
- Feshbach resonance means the situation where two slow atoms collide and temporarily stick together, forming an unstable compound with a short lifetime. It is a feature of many-body systems in which a bound state is achieved if the coupling(s) between at least one internal degree of freedom and the reaction coordinates, which lead to dissociation, vanish.
- What part of speech is Feshbach resonance?
- Feshbach resonance is a noun.
- What is the plural of Feshbach resonance?
- The plural of Feshbach resonance is Feshbach resonances.
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