That is plenty of time for them to relax into their ground state, the most energetically stable condition they can be in.
Bombard an ordinary hydrogen atom with microwaves of the right frequency and you will lift it out of its ground state by flipping the spin of its electron.
Dr Cirac and Dr Romero-Isart therefore propose putting the virus inside a microscopic cavity and cooling it down to its state of lowest energy (ground state, in physics parlance) using a piece of apparatus known as a laser trap.
Once that is done, another laser pulse will jostle the virus from its ground state into an excited state, just as a single atom is excited by moving one of its electrons from a lower to a higher orbital.
Despite its recent setbacks, the voucher movement is gaining ground in state legislatures and some state courts.
The CDU has lost ground in most state elections since Mrs Merkel began her second term in 2009.
The new Long Island City facility is being built from the ground up with state-of-the-art security systems, fire protection and climate controls.
But the Macedonian majority accuses the rebels of trying to seize ground and split the state.
The federal government has been engaged in the response since this weekend, with FEMA representatives on the ground working directly with state and local officials.
The main purpose of the seminar was to give an general idea of current state of ground water in Uzbekistan, scientific-educational activities and the area of usage of underground water and determination of future trends relating to improvement of research methods and educational approaches with development of practical recommendations.
Another photo in the Selma Room shows Foster on the ground after being attacked by state troopers that day.
The Met Office said because of the continuing saturated state of the ground this may lead to further localised flooding.
They are all but certain to lose their current majority of governorships, and to cede ground to the Republicans in state legislatures.
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Obviously Heysel and the Bradford fire changed things in England but the state of the ground made me realise how lucky we are.
He returned back to Earth sometime later, looking shell-shocked but alive as a crowd of men along the desert ground rejoiced, video from state-run Press TV showed.
Stony Brook has more ground to make up than Kent State, but Senk isn't giving up on this season.
Crowds of flag-waving Cubans lined the street on which Benedict's motorcade traveled, as Cuban state television captured both ground and aerial footage of the trip.
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But in his inaugural speech at a ceremonial palace in the old city centre, Mr Pena Nieto said the state had "lost ground" since his party left power.
Indeed, just hours after his would-be assassin had been wrestled to the ground, the French head of state was hosting a garden party for the public, on a packed Elysee Palace lawn, grabbing the microphone like a seasoned compere.
And that is why we have a State Department official on the ground there.
Moreover, their moral high ground has been undermined by the dismal state of their own business.
International and state media are on the ground in Chengdu documenting the natural disaster and the government's response.
But Mr Singh has ceded some ground to those who still believe the state should own the means of production.
But the President will obviously be seeing a number of people on the ground in Boston, including local and state officials.
When the post-WWI Treaty of Trianon partitioned the nation into a much smaller territory, WWII air and ground fights left Hungary in a battered state.
The Vlaams Blok, a militant Flemish party that campaigns against immigration and for the break-up of the Belgian state, has been gaining ground steadily for a decade.
In a statement Linfield said that they regard "much of IFA's publicly expressed concerns about Windsor Park as being motivated less by a genuine concern over the state of repair of the ground and more as the basis upon which IFA now seeks to avoid its contractual commitment to LFC (Linfield Football Club)".
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He said no long term reform of the system could get off the ground, without an increase in the basic state pension.
The state will also be a proving ground for the Senate GOP, which is expected to pick up the open seat of retiring Democratic Sen.
Secretary Napolitano is on the ground in New Jersey today, meeting with state and local officials and review ongoing response and recovery efforts to Hurricane Sandy.
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