antisymmetric wave function

antisymmetric wave function

[¦an·tē·si¦me·trik ′wāv ‚fəŋk·shən]
(physics)
A many-particle wave function which changes its sign when the coordinates of two of the particles are interchanged.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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