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Uncertainty principle on 3-dimensional manifolds of constant curvature

Quantum Physics 2018-06-01 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We consider the Heisenberg uncertainty principle of position and momentum in 3-dimensional spaces of constant curvature KK. The uncertainty of position is defined coordinate independent by the geodesic radius of spherical domains in which the particle is localized after a von Neumann-L\"uders projection. By applying mathematical standard results from spectral analysis on manifolds, we obtain the largest lower bound of the momentum deviation in terms of the geodesic radius and KK. For hyperbolic spaces, we also obtain a global lower bound σpK12\sigma_p\geq |K|^\frac{1}{2}\hbar, which is non-zero and independent of the uncertainty in position. Finally, the lower bound for the Schwarzschild radius of a static black hole is derived and given by rs2lPr_s\geq 2\,l_P, where lPl_P is the Planck length.

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@article{arxiv.1804.02551,
  title  = {Uncertainty principle on 3-dimensional manifolds of constant curvature},
  author = {Thomas Schürmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.02551},
  year   = {2018}
}

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