subvacuum

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noun

A quantum field or spacetime obtained from a vacuum by a "squeezing" process

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Meanings

nounsubvacuum (plural subvacuums or subvacua)

plural subvacuums · plural subvacua

  1. natural sciencesA quantum field or spacetime obtained from a vacuum by a "squeezing" process

    It is found possible for this decoherence to be below the level from the pure vacuum, rendering another subvacuum phenomenon of recoherence.

    2015, Chen-Pin Yeh, Da-Shin Lee, “Subvacuum effects in Quantum Critical Theories from Holographic Approach”, in arXiv

Origin

From sub- + vacuum.

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