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falsches Vakuum
A metastable vacuum whose energy state is at a local minimum different from the global…A (hypothetical) metastable vacuum whose energy state is at a local minimum different from the global minimum; a vacuum that is relatively stable and long-lived but which still may decay to a lower-energy state.
Meaning
1 sensesA (hypothetical) metastable vacuum whose energy state is at a local minimum different from the global minimum; a vacuum that is relatively stable and long-lived but which still may decay to a lower-energy state.
2010, Sean Carroll, From Eternity to Here, Oneworld Publications, eBook Edition, When a field is stuck in a false vacuum, it wants to decay to the lower-energy true vacuum.
falsches Vakuum
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hypothetical metastable vacuum:
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plural: false vacuums / false vacuaLessons for this word
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