semiclassical
- adjective
- /ˌsɛmɪˈklæsɪkəl/
- Specialized
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semiclasico
- The physicist used a semiclassical model to analyze the behavior of electrons in the experiment.
- semiclassical approximation
- semiclassical approach
- semiclassical theory
Examples
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Of course, Einstein could not have anticipated the correction since it arises from the failure of semiclassical theory near a turning point.
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The semiclassical analysis predicts a buildup of highly anisotropic Rayleigh scattering from a nonspherical sample of atoms.
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He introduced an entirely new semiclassical approach that abandoned the attempt to find individual chaotic states.
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At such high fields, the validity of the semiclassical approach outlined above to describe the electron's motion is doubtful.
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The semiclassical limit is defined by the wavelength A tending to zero, or equivalently, the wave vector k tending to infinity.
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Under the application of an electric field E, in a semiclassical picture, the wavevector and correspondingly the kinetic energy of a collisionless electron would increase along the band.
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Examples of the semiclassical approach included emission and absorption of individual photons and some high-energy processes involving just one or occasionally two photons at a time.
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Nonetheless, the search for semiclassical approximations and classical insights into "chaotic" quantum systems is a lively and useful endeavor that has flourished now for over three decades.
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Glauber's theory explained the HBT result, as did semiclassical approaches, but it also predicted, to the surprise of some, that there would be no such correlation in light from lasers well above lasing threshold.
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Shortly after the HBT experiment, Edward Purcell explained the observations in terms of a semiclassical theory and suggested that the clumping of signals reflected the kind of fluctuations one might find in thermal radiation.
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Synonyms
Using classical ideas to describe something that is actually quantum
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Etymology
The word semiclassical comes from semi- meaning 'half' or 'partly' and classical meaning 'old or traditional', just like in semicircle. In physics, semiclassical means using some classical ideas together with quantum ones, so it is 'partly' classical and helps give a simpler way to get close to the full quantum result.