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  2. Zero-point energy - Wikipedia

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    In these terms, an example of zero-point energy is the above E = ⁠ ħω / 2 ⁠ associated with the ground state of the quantum harmonic oscillator. In quantum mechanical terms, the zero-point energy is the expectation value of the Hamiltonian of the system in the ground state. If more than one ground state exists, they are said to be ...

  3. Ground and neutral - Wikipedia

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    Extra connections between ground and circuit neutral may result in circulating current in the ground path, stray current introduced in the earth or in a structure, and stray voltage. [citation needed] Extra ground connections on a neutral conductor may bypass the protection provided by a ground-fault circuit interrupter. Signal circuits that ...

  4. Ground state - Wikipedia

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    The ground state of a quantum-mechanical system is its stationary state of lowest energy; 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. In quantum field theory, the ground state is usually called the vacuum state or the vacuum. If more ...

  5. Stray voltage - Wikipedia

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    The neutral is theoretically at 0 V potential, as any grounded object, but current flows on the neutral back to the source, somewhat elevating the neutral voltage. NEV is the product of current flowing on the neutral and the finite, non-zero impedance of the neutral conductor between a given point and its source, often a distant electrical ...

  6. Stability of matter - Wikipedia

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    More precisely, the ground-state energy should be a linear function of for large values of . [ 5 ] In fact, if the ground-state energy behaves proportional to N a {\displaystyle N^{a}} for some a ≠ 1 {\displaystyle a\neq 1} , then pouring two glasses of water would provide an energy proportional to ( 2 N ) a − 2 N a = ( 2 a − 2 ) N a ...

  7. Ground (electricity) - Wikipedia

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    Low-resistance grounding systems use a neutral grounding resistor (NGR) to limit the fault current to 25 A or greater. Low resistance grounding systems will have a time rating (say, 10 seconds) that indicates how long the resistor can carry the fault current before overheating.

  8. Atomic electron transition - Wikipedia

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    The energy of an electron is determined by its orbit around the atom, The n = 0 orbit, commonly referred to as the ground state, has the lowest energy of all states in the system. In atomic physics and chemistry , an atomic electron transition (also called an atomic transition, quantum jump, or quantum leap) is an electron changing from one ...

  9. Fermi liquid theory - Wikipedia

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    The Fermi liquid is qualitatively analogous to the non-interacting Fermi gas, in the following sense: The system's dynamics and thermodynamics at low excitation energies and temperatures may be described by substituting the non-interacting fermions with interacting quasiparticles, each of which carries the same spin, charge and momentum as the original particles.