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Sep20-11, 08:38 AM   #2
 
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Well, the wiki article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born-Op..._approximation pretty much explains how and why the term <adiabatic> is used in the context of this approximation. Don't miss out the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adiabatic_theorem