V-Hut und H-Hut

English translation: V hat and H hat

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German term or phrase:V-Hut und H-Hut
English translation:V hat and H hat
Entered by: Sebastian Witte

10:32 May 27, 2022
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Physics
German term or phrase: V-Hut und H-Hut
Hi,

This is translation for voice-over services for an educational DVD that explains quantum physics using the analogy of a subway network and a few human characters experiencing adventures and conducting experiments as the analogy proceeds along the subway stations, designating spots in a "special" building as they discover them. No character restrictions in place for the translators.

DE:
U1-11 Slide 6.
Der „Omega-Donut“ in der Quantendimension
Ähnlich wie beim linear polarisierten Photon aus Station U1-08 ersetzen wir die Wahrscheinlichkeit ½ in jeder Winkelstellung durch drehende Räder mit dem Radius , die auf einer Kreisachse zwischen und oszillieren.
Optisch beschreibt der schwingende 3D-Kreis die Form eines symmetrisch gebackenen Donuts.
Wenn ein rechts zirkular (R) polarisiertes Photon mit einem links zirkular (L) polarisierten Photon überlagert wird, gleichen sich die Rechts- und Linksdrehung aus.
Das bedeutet, dass die Schwingung rotationsinvariant sein muss.
Die resultierende Polarisationsschwingung Omega ist dann einfach ein schwingender Kreis.
Beim Omega-Donut haben alle Vektoren die gleiche Länge .
Wir zerlegen im nächsten Schritt den Omega-Donut so, dass wir die Messachsen „horizontal“ und „vertikal“ als Koordinatensystem einführen können.
Also führen wir eine Basistransformation von der Basis R, L in die Basis H, V durch.
In einer vereinfachten Notation stellen wir hier nur die Richtung des Schwingungsbauches dar.
Da Omega rotationssymmetrisch ist, kann das V/H-Koordinatensystem beliebig gedreht werden.
Die Doppelpfeilachsen zeigen dabei die Richtungen des Schwingungsbauches an.
Es handelt sich hierbei wieder um eine Basistransformation.
Die Richtung des Schwingungsbauches wird dann mit ***V-Hut und H-Hut** gekennzeichnet.

EN:
The direction of the antinode is then marked with a “V-Hut” (hat) and a[n] “H-Hut” (hat).

I wonder, does this work OK?

Best regards,
Sebastian Witte
Germany
Local time: 06:45
V hat and H hat
Explanation:
I believe thet are referring to letters with a ^ on top. It’s common in physics to say the letter followed by hat.

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In mathematics, a unit vector in a normed vector space is a vector (often a spatial vector) of length 1. A unit vector is often denoted by a lowercase letter with a circumflex, or "hat", as in v̂ (pronounced "v-hat").
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_vector
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V hat and H hat


Explanation:
I believe thet are referring to letters with a ^ on top. It’s common in physics to say the letter followed by hat.

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Note added at 44 mins (2022-05-27 11:16:35 GMT)
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In mathematics, a unit vector in a normed vector space is a vector (often a spatial vector) of length 1. A unit vector is often denoted by a lowercase letter with a circumflex, or "hat", as in v̂ (pronounced "v-hat").
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_vector


Brent Sørensen
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carola F Berger: Agreed. This is standard quantum physics/quantum field theory parlance. "Caret" mag vielleicht linguistisch/computertheoretisch richtig sein, ist aber physikalisch falsch. If an explanation is necessary, the letters have a "hat" on top.
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agree  Kim Metzger: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/symbolic-represenation...
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agree  Cilian O'Tuama: And the waffle below even confirms this.
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agree  Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)
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caret


Explanation:
Such a conversion results from the change-of-basis formula which expresses the coordinates relative to one basis in terms of coordinates relative to the other basis. Using matrices, this formula can be written
xold = Axnew
where "old" and "new" refer respectively to the firstly defined basis and the other basis, and xnew are the column vectors of the coordinates of the same vector on the two bases, and is the change-of-basis matrix (also called transition matrix), which is the matrix whose columns are the coordinate vectors of the new basis vectors on the old basis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change_of_basis

In computing, the caret is the name used familiarly of the character ^, the 'freestanding' circumflex, provided on QWERTY keyboards using ↑ Shift+6. The symbol has a variety of uses in programming and mathematics.
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In mathematics, the caret can signify exponentiation (3^5 for 35), where the usual superscript is not readily usable (as on some graphing calculators).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret_(computing)

If the vector of response values is denoted by y and the vector of fitted values by ŷ = Py
As ŷ is usually pronounced "y-hat", the projection matrix P is also named hat matrix as it "puts a hat on y".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projection_matrix

Stationary states can also be described by a simpler form of the Schrödinger equation, the time-independent Schrödinger equation.
Time-independent Schrödinger equation (general)
Ĥ | Ψ > = E | Ψ >
where E is the energy of the system.
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Unitarity
Further information: Wigner's theorem
Holding the Hamiltonian Ĥ constant, the Schrödinger equation has the solution … [formula
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Changes of basis
The Schrödinger equation is often presented using quantities varying as functions of position, but as a vector-operator equation it has a valid representation in any arbitrary complete basis of kets in Hilbert space. As mentioned above, "bases" that lie outside the physical Hilbert space are also employed for calculational purposes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schrödinger_equation

Da "caret" im Kontext wesentlich häufiger als "hat" verwendet wird, schlage ich diese Schreibweise vor, vor allem im Hinblick auf die Zielgruppe, die vermutlich kein einschlägiges Studium der Physik oder Mathematik absolviert hat.

caret [COMP.] | der Zirkumflex Pl.: die Zirkumflexe
caret [COMP.] | das Caret-Zeichen
https://dict.leo.org/englisch-deutsch/caret

Hinweis, die mit Caret gekrönten Buchstaben findet man auch in der Windows-Zeichentabelle.

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The Chemical Bond: A Fundamental Quantum-Mechanical Picture
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The symbol Ĥ in 1.1 is called the Hamilton operator Hammiltonian, and stands for a mathematical manipulation. While a general explanation of such manipulations will be giben in Chap. 2, for thsi simple exampe, we can tak Ĥ to be equal to a constan timest he second derivatit of Φ(x) with respect to x, i.e., Ĥ = -ħ²/2me) x (d²/dx²).Here , the symbol ħ means ħ = h / ( 24 ) , and the caret is to emphasize that Ĥ is an operator.
https://books.google.de/books?id=eYSDtZxH8ZgC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4...


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Den Text konnte ich nicht kopieren, sondern musste ihn abschreiben und die Sonderzeichen von Hand einfügen. Deshalb sind mir ein paar Tippfehler unterlaufen, die ich hiermit korrigiere:

The symbol Ĥ in 1.1 is called the Hamilton operator Hammiltonian, and stands for a mathematical manipulation. While a general explanation of such manipulations will be given in Chap. 2, for this simple example, we can take Ĥ to be equal to a constant times he second derivative of Φ(x) with respect to x, i.e., Ĥ = -ħ²/2me) x (d²/dx²).Here, the symbol ħ means ħ = h/(2π), and the caret is to emphasize that Ĥ is an operator.

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Nochmal (the statt he):

The symbol Ĥ in 1.1 is called the Hamilton operator Hammiltonian, and stands for a mathematical manipulation. While a general explanation of such manipulations will be given in Chap. 2, for this simple example, we can take Ĥ to be equal to a constant times the second derivative of Φ(x) with respect to x, i.e., Ĥ = -ħ²/2me) x (d²/dx²).Here, the symbol ħ means ħ = h/(2π), and the caret is to emphasize that Ĥ is an operator.

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