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  2. Zero-energy universe - Wikipedia

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    Some physicists, such as Lawrence Krauss, Stephen Hawking or Alexander Vilenkin, call or called this state "a universe from nothingness", although the zero-energy universe model requires both a matter field with positive energy and a gravitational field with negative energy to exist. [2] The hypothesis is broadly discussed in popular sources.

  3. Second law of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    Here, the engine 1 is the one cycle engine, and the engines 2 and 3 make the two cycle engine where there is the intermediate reservoir at T 2. We also have used the fact that the heat q 2 {\displaystyle q_{2}} passes through the intermediate thermal reservoir at T 2 {\displaystyle T_{2}} without losing its energy.

  4. Mass–energy equivalence - Wikipedia

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    [70] [71] American physical chemists Gilbert N. Lewis and Richard C. Tolman used two variations of the formula in 1909: m = ⁠ E / c 2 ⁠ and m 0 = ⁠ E 0 / c 2 ⁠, with E being the relativistic energy (the energy of an object when the object is moving), E 0 is the rest energy (the energy when not moving), m is the relativistic mass (the ...

  5. Quantum fluctuation - Wikipedia

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    The uncertainty principle states the uncertainty in energy and time can be related by [4] , where ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ ħ ≈ 5.272 86 × 10 −35 J⋅s. This means that pairs of virtual particles with energy Δ E {\displaystyle \Delta E} and lifetime shorter than Δ t {\displaystyle \Delta t} are continually created and annihilated in empty space.

  6. Schrödinger equation - Wikipedia

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    The Schrödinger equation is a partial differential equation that governs the wave function of a non-relativistic quantum-mechanical system. [1]: 1–2 Its discovery was a significant landmark in the development of quantum mechanics.

  7. Quantum vacuum state - Wikipedia

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    The video of an experiment showing vacuum fluctuations (in the red ring) amplified by spontaneous parametric down-conversion.. If the quantum field theory can be accurately described through perturbation theory, then the properties of the vacuum are analogous to the properties of the ground state of a quantum mechanical harmonic oscillator, or more accurately, the ground state of a measurement ...

  8. Dirac equation - Wikipedia

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    In particle physics, the Dirac equation is a relativistic wave equation derived by British physicist Paul Dirac in 1928. In its free form, or including electromagnetic interactions, it describes all spin-1/2 massive particles, called "Dirac particles", such as electrons and quarks for which parity is a symmetry.

  9. Dirac hole theory - Wikipedia

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    Dirac hole theory is a theory in quantum mechanics, named after English theoretical physicist Paul Dirac, who introduced it in 1929. [1] The theory poses that the continuum of negative energy states, that are solutions to the Dirac equation, are filled with electrons, and the vacancies in this continuum (holes) are manifested as positrons with energy and momentum that are the negative of those ...