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antisymmetrized wave function

antisymmetrized wave function

[‚an·tē‚sim·ə‚trīzd ′wāv ‚fəŋk·shən]
(quantum mechanics)
A wave function of several identical fermions (such as electrons) which changes sign but in all other respects remains unaltered if two of the fermions are interchanged.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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