Associations to the word «Pauli»

PAULI, proper noun. Wolfgang Pauli An Austrian theoretical physicist.

PAULI EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE, noun. (physics) A principle in quantum mechanics that states that no two identical fermions may occupy the same quantum state simultaneously.

PAULI MATRICES, noun. Plural of Pauli matrix

PAULI MATRIX, noun. (mathematics) Any one of three complex matrices that arise in Wolfgang Pauli's treatment of spin in quantum mechanics.

PAULI MATRIXES, noun. Plural of Pauli matrix

PAULI VECTOR, noun. (mathematics) A vector whose components are Pauli matrices; e.g., \( \vec \sigma = \sigma_1 \hat i + \sigma_2 \hat j + \sigma_3 \hat k\).

PAULI, noun. United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958).