GROUNDSTATE

Ground state

The ground state of a quantum mechanical system is its lowest-energy state; the energy of the ground state is known as the zero-point energy of the system. An excited state is any state with energy greater than the ground state. The ground state of a quantum field theory is usually called the vacuum state or the vacuum.

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ground state

Noun

  1. the stationary state of lowest energy of a particle or system of particles


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