bra-ket
Noun
Meaning
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bra-ket (plural bra-kets)
(physics) The scalar product of two vectors (and optionally an operator), in Hilbert space, where the left (row) vector is a bra and the right (column) vector is a ket. Symbolised by ⟨...|...⟩ (bra and ket only) or ⟨...|...|...⟩ (bra, operator, ket).
Examples
Many phenomena that are explained using quantum mechanics are usually most clearly demonstrated with the help of the bra-ket notation.
Properties bra-ket notation was designed to facilitate the formal manipulation of linear-algebraic expressions.
Since virtually every calculation in quantum mechanics involves vectors and linear operators, it can involve, and often does involve, bra-ket notation.
The bra-ket notation continues to work in an analogous way in this broader context.
This is known as Dirac notation or bra-ket notation.