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Uncertainty Relation and Minimum Wave Packet on Circle

Quantum Physics 2023-03-14 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We discuss on the uncertainty relation (UR) for a closed one dimensional system (circle). In such a system, we cannot use the angle along the circle as a position variable. Otherwise we meet difficulties about the definition of the average position and the standard deviation (SD), and Hermitian property of angular momentum. From these reasons, we define the position variable as Cartesian variable (X,Y)(X,Y) that have the periodic property for angle ϕ\phi. In the same way we define a SD by using that variables. Then we obtain two URs. We also discuss the minimum wave packet (MWP) on the circle. MWPs are expressed by von Mises distribution functions. Next we construct total URs by combining two URs for XX and YY. Furthermore, we extend the variables to (Xn,Yn)(X_n, Y_n) \; with n=1,2,3,n= 1,2,3,\cdots and we have infinite series of total URs. We consider the meaning of such extended URs.

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@article{arxiv.2203.06826,
  title  = {Uncertainty Relation and Minimum Wave Packet on Circle},
  author = {Naohisa Ogawa and Shuichi Nagasawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.06826},
  year   = {2023}
}

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17pages. 5figures

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