subvacuum

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sub- +‎ vacuum

Noun[edit]

subvacuum (plural subvacuums or subvacua)

  1. (physics) A quantum field or spacetime obtained from a vacuum by a "squeezing" process
    • 2015, Chen-Pin Yeh, Da-Shin Lee, “Subvacuum effects in Quantum Critical Theories from Holographic Approach”, in arXiv‎[1]:
      It is found possible for this decoherence to be below the level from the pure vacuum, rendering another subvacuum phenomenon of recoherence.
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