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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Various distinct vacua
To a physicist, a "vacuum" does not mean "empty space". It simply means "the lowest energy-state of a theory". Looking at the potential energy curve for some field, the bottom of every valley defines a distinct vacuum state.
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