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S-matrix

In physics, the S-matrix or scattering matrix is a matrix that relates the initial state and the final state of a physical system undergoing a scattering process. It is used in quantum mechanics, scattering theory and quantum field theory (QFT).

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In one-dimensional quantum mechanics

Definition in quantum field theory

Dyson series

The not-S-matrix

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S-matrix

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related to history · 16
S-matrix → Because, Heisenberg, In, John Archibald Wheeler, Light Nuclei, Mathematical Description, Method, On, Paul Dirac's, Quantenmechanik, Resonating Group Structure, Stoßvorgänge, The, The S-matrix, Werner Heisenberg, Wheeler
related to Interaction picture · 16
S-matrix → Being, Dyson, Expanding, Expressed, For, H0, Hamiltonian, In, Let, Phi, Psi, S-operator, Te, The, The S-matrix, Thus
related to S-matrix · 8
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related to Unitary property · 7
S-matrix → For, In, JL, JR, Psi, The, When
related to Use · 7
S-matrix → Branch, Feynman, Feynman's, Hamiltonian, In, Poles, The S-matrix
related to Optical theorem in one dimension · 6
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is a · 4
S-matrix → Dyson series, evolution operator between t, operator mapping free particle in-states to free particle out-states, unitary matrix
related to Dyson series · 4
S-matrix → Dyson, Hamiltonian, The, This
related to In one-dimensional quantum mechanics · 4
S-matrix → Already, Each, In, Thus
related to The not-S-matrix · 3
S-matrix → Hawking, Since, Stephen Hawking

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