Question

Discuss the origin of zero-point energy. 5. Define the common term ’quantum leap’ and discuss. What does this term mean, and is it correctly used in common speech? Your answer should refer to the size of the leap, and if that is consistent with an atomic/molecular system.

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1.Discuss the origin of zero-point energy ?

Zero Point Energy or Ground Point Energy or Vaccum energy or quantum field is a fluid like energy that spread in all space-time , which have different properties. They're maybe come from big bang . The experimental results said that they originated from the string distraction between open string and closed string ( string theory ) .

2. Define the common term ’quantum leap’ and discuss. What does this term mean, and is it correctly used in common speech? Your answer should refer to the size of the leap, and if that is consistent with an atomic/molecular system.

A . An abrupt transition of a system described by quantum mechanics from one of its discrete states to another, as the fall of an electron in an atom to an orbit of lower energy.
Electron transitions cause the emission or absorption of electromagnetic radiation in the form of quantized units called photons. Their statistics are Poisson,(a discrete frequency distribution which gives the probability of a number of independent events occurring in a fixed time) and the time between jumps is exponentially distributed .The damping time constant (which ranges from nanoseconds to a few seconds) relates to the natural, pressure, and field broadening of spectral lines. The larger the energy separation of the states between which the electron jumps, the shorter the wavelength of the photon emitted.