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Bell state en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after John Stewart Bell (1928–1990), Irish physicist.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:quantum information science) One of a set of four entangled states, namely |Φ⁺⟩=1/√(|00⟩+|11⟩), |Φ⁻⟩=1/√(|00⟩-|11⟩), |Ψ⁺⟩=1/√(|01⟩+|10⟩), and |Ψ⁻⟩=1/√(|01⟩-|10⟩), where |xy⟩:=|x⟩⊗|y⟩; these are the simplest examples of entangled states.

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