eigenobservable

English

Etymology

From eigen- +‎ observable.

Noun

eigenobservable (plural eigenobservables)

1. (physics) in atomic physics, a specific set of linear combinations of observables that represents the relaxation of an optically pumped system as a single exponential decay

Related terms

• eigenbasis
• eigenfunction
• eigenpair
• eigenspace
• eigenspinor
• eigenstate
• eigensystem
• eigenvalue
• eigenvector