Phase factor

Phase factor

In Quantum Mechanics, a phase factor is a complex scalar number of absolute value 1 that multiplies a bra or ket. It does not, in itself, have any physical meaning, but differences in phase factors between two interacting states can have important physical effects.

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* Bra-ket notation


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