"vacuum catastrophe" meaning in English

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Proper name

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  1. (cosmology) The disagreement of over 100 orders of magnitude between measured values of the vacuum energy density and the theoretical zero-point energy suggested by a naïve application of quantum field theory. Related terms: ultraviolet catastrophe, oxygen catastrophe Translations (Translations): katastrofa próżniowa [feminine] (Polish)
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