Quantum fluctuation
= Quantum fluctuation
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A <quantum fluctuation> is a nonzero variance of an observable in a quantum state, even when its mean vanishes. A vacuum field mode has such zero-point variance. In an inflationary background, the expanding geometry transfers short-wavelength vacuum field fluctuations into <primordial perturbations> as their wavelengths cross the <Hubble radius>.