Slater determinant

A Slater determinant (named after the physicist John C. Slater) is an expression in quantum mechanics for the wavefunction of a many-fermion system, which by construction satisfies the Pauli principle.

Related Topics:
John C. Slater - Quantum mechanics - Wavefunction - Fermion - Pauli principle

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The Slater determinant arises from the consideration of a wavefunction for a collection of electrons. The wavefunction for each individual electron is known as a spinorbital, chi(mathbf{x}), where mathbf{x} indicates the position and spin of the electron.

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