Feshbach resonance en · NOUN
Etymology
Named after American physicist Herman Feshbach.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The situation where two slow atoms collide and temporarily stick together, forming an unstable compound with a short lifetime. It is a feature of many-body systems in which a bound state is achieved if the coupling(s) between at least one internal degree of freedom and the reaction coordinates, which lead to dissociation, vanish.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feshbach resonances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |