1. Jun 9, 2008 #1

   GAGS

   

   Can Anybody Tell Me ,unlike Classical Mechanics What Is The Origination Of Zero Point Energy,in Quantum Mechanics?

    

   GAGS, Jun 9, 2008
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3. Jun 9, 2008 #2

   malawi_glenn

   

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   one often starts to consider the so called Energy-time uncertainty principe, that you always have a spread in energy.
   
   Then, since alomst all systems can be modelled as a harmonic oscillatior, the ground state energy of a quantum oscillator is used as the zero point energy of systems.
   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_energy

    

   malawi_glenn, Jun 9, 2008

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