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Superposition vs Anticross - What's the difference?

superposition | anticross |

As nouns the difference between superposition and anticross

is that superposition is the placing of one thing on top of another while anticross is a case of anticrossing.

As a verb anticross is

to fail to cross in a graph of energy vs. electric field strength; characteristic of coherent superposition states.

superposition

English

Noun

(wikipedia superposition) (-)
  • The placing of one thing on top of another
  • (geology) The deposition of one stratum over another; the principle that in a series of sedimentary strata, the lower strata are the older

    • Derived terms

    * superposition calculus * superposition eye * superposition integral * superposition principle * superposition theorem

    anticross

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • (quantum physics, of energy levels) To fail to cross in a graph of energy vs. electric field strength; characteristic of coherent superposition states
  • * {{quote-journal, 1998, Lev Zimin et al., LO Phonon Renormalization in Optically Excited CuCl Nanocrystals, Physical Review Letters, volume=80, issue=14 citation
    • , passage=When the mixing becomes resonant, the phonon sideband anticrosses with the excited exciton state.}}

    Noun

    (es)
  • (quantum physics) A case of
  • * {{quote-journal, 1998, K. Chang & J.B. Xia, The effects of electric field on the electronic structure of a semiconductor quantum dot, Journal of Applied Physics, volume=84 citation
    • , passage=These anticrosses arise from the mixing effect of heavy and light hole states.}}

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