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Uncommon card · Science
Ground state, an Uncommon card
The ground state of a quantum-mechanical system is its stationary state of lowest energy, the energy of the ground state is known as the zero-point energy of the system.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 22
- Power
- 79
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 33,000
Power 79 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Ground state quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ground state card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
If more than one ground state exists, they are said to be ______.
Answer
degenerate. If more than one ground state exists, they are said to be degenerate. From the Ground state article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Communication channel. Communication channel 60 · Ground state 57 · LGA 1156 54 · Mineral water 49 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- An excited state is any state with energy greater than the ground state.
- In quantum field theory, the ground state is usually called the vacuum.
- If more than one ground state exists, they are said to be degenerate.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ground state article was read about 33,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 22: each hit it takes is cut by 9 %.
How to get Ground state
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ground state (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : SVG: Rehua Original: Rozzychan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
