Quantum vacuum (disambiguation)

The quantum vacuum state or simply quantum vacuum refers to the quantum state with the lowest possible energy.

Quantum vacuum may also refer to:

  • Quantum chromodynamic vacuum (QCD vacuum), a non-perturbative vacuum
  • Quantum electrodynamic vacuum (QED vacuum), a field-theoretic vacuum
  • Quantum vacuum (ground state), the state of lowest energy of a quantum system
    • Quantum vacuum collapse, a hypothetical vacuum metastability event
    • Quantum vacuum expectation value, an operator's average, expected value in a quantum vacuum
  • Quantum vacuum energy, an underlying background energy that exists in space throughout the entire Universe
  • The Quantum Vacuum, a physics textbook by Peter W. Milonni

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