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    In quantum field theory, the quantum vacuum state (also called the quantum vacuum or vacuum state) is the quantum state with the lowest possible energy...
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    In quantum physics, a quantum fluctuation (also known as a vacuum state fluctuation or vacuum fluctuation) is the temporary random change in the amount...
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    quantum field theory, a false vacuum is a hypothetical vacuum state that is locally stable but does not occupy the most stable possible ground state....
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  • zero-point energy that relates to the quantum vacuum. Unsolved problem in physics: Why does the zero-point energy of the vacuum not cause a large cosmological...
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  • Look up quantum or vacuum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The quantum vacuum state or simply quantum vacuum refers to the quantum state with the lowest...
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  • In quantum physics, a quantum state is a mathematical entity that embodies the knowledge of a quantum system. Quantum mechanics specifies the construction...
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  • The QCD vacuum is the quantum vacuum state of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). It is an example of a non-perturbative vacuum state, characterized by non-vanishing...
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    from atoms and molecules, the empty space of the vacuum also has these properties. According to quantum field theory, the universe can be thought of not...
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    QED vacuum or quantum electrodynamic vacuum is the field-theoretic vacuum of quantum electrodynamics. It is the lowest energy state (the ground state) of...
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    crystal Quantum vacuum state False vacuum Why is there anything at all?#Something may exist necessarily Bojowald, Martin (2011). Quantum Cosmology. A Fundamental...
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    In physics, a squeezed coherent state is a quantum state that is usually described by two non-commuting observables having continuous spectra of eigenvalues...
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  • In quantum field theory, the theta vacuum is the semi-classical vacuum state of non-abelian Yang–Mills theories specified by the vacuum angle θ that arises...
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    Unsolved problem in physics: Why is the vacuum energy density much smaller than a zero-point energy suggested by quantum field theory? (more unsolved problems...
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    ground state of the Hilbert space). In quantum electrodynamics this vacuum is referred to as 'QED vacuum' to distinguish it from the vacuum of quantum chromodynamics...
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    In quantum field theory the vacuum expectation value (also called condensate or simply VEV) of an operator is its average or expectation value in the...
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  • shift Spontaneous emission Quantum fluctuation Quantum vacuum state QCD vacuum QED vacuum Vacuum Vacuum permittivity Vacuum Rabi oscillation Spinoza's...
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    the quantum vacuum state, in containing measurable energy, cannot be characterised as nothing, therefore, that phenomena originating from the quantum vacuum...
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    Bunch–Davies vacuum or modifications thereto. The theory of quantum field theory in curved spacetime may be considered as an intermediate step towards quantum gravity...
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    Superfluid vacuum theory (SVT), sometimes known as the BEC vacuum theory, is an approach in theoretical physics and quantum mechanics where the fundamental...
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    Qubit (redirect from Quantum bit)
    physically realized with a two-state device. A qubit is a two-state (or two-level) quantum-mechanical system, one of the simplest quantum systems displaying the...
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    In quantum field theory, correlation functions, often referred to as correlators or Green's functions, are vacuum expectation values of time-ordered products...
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  • specifically in quantum mechanics, a coherent state is the specific quantum state of the quantum harmonic oscillator, often described as a state that has dynamics...
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  • Expanding vacuum state with high potential energy Phase transition to true vacuum Slow roll and reheating A "vacuum" or "vacuum state" in quantum field theory...
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    spacetime vacuum lacking vacuum energy). Quantum mechanics heavily favors smaller fluctuations that "borrow" the least amount of energy from the vacuum. Typically...
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    demonstration of quantum fluctuations of the hypothetical false vacuum state spontaneously causing an expanding bubble of true vacuum was done by quantum cosmologists...
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    Dirac sea (redirect from Dirac vacuum)
    The Dirac sea is a theoretical model of the electron vacuum as an infinite sea of electrons with negative energy, now called positrons. It was first postulated...
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  • which a quantum mechanical system (such as a molecule, an atom or a subatomic particle) transits from an excited energy state to a lower energy state (e.g...
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  • remove dirt Vacuum flask, an insulated storage vessel Ultra-high vacuum Vacuum state, the quantum state with the lowest possible energy Vacuum (journal)...
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  • Quantum noise is noise arising from the indeterminate state of matter in accordance with fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, specifically the...
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  • axiomatic framework for quantum field theory, because it was introduced by Rudolf Haag and Daniel Kastler (1964). The axioms are stated in terms of an algebra...
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