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Uncertainty principle is one of the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics. In this work, we derive two uncertainty equalities, which hold for all pairs of incompatible observables. We also obtain an uncertainty relation in weak…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-12 Qiu-Cheng Song , Cong-Feng Qiao

In this contribution, we aim to illustrate how quantum work statistics can be used as a tool in order to gain insight on the universal features of non-equilibrium many-body systems. Focusing on the two point measurement approach to work, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 John Goold , Francesco Plastina , Andrea Gambassi , Alessandro Silva

A survey on the generalizations of Heisenberg uncertainty relation and a general scheme for their entangled extensions to several states and observables is presented. The scheme is illustrated on the examples of one and two states and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 D. A. Trifonov

Probabilistic description of results of measurements and its consequences for understanding quantum mechanics are discussed. It is shown that the basic mathematical structure of quantum mechanics like the probability amplitude, Born rule,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Skala , V. Kapsa

The Heisenberg inequality \Delta X \Delta P \geq \hbar/2 can be replaced by an exact equality, for suitably chosen measures of position and momentum uncertainty, which is valid for all wavefunctions. The significance of this "exact"…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael J. W. Hall

Quantum measurements are inherently probabilistic and quantum theory often forbids to precisely predict the outcomes of simultaneous measurements. This phenomenon is captured and quantified through uncertainty relations. Although studied…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-30 Carlos de Gois , Kiara Hansenne , Otfried Gühne

Nonlocality, which is the key feature of quantum theory, has been linked with the uncertainty principle by fine-grained uncertainty relations, by considering combinations of outcomes for different measurements. However, this approach…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-21 Yunlong Xiao , Yu Xiang , Qiongyi He , Barry C. Sanders

We propose a new scheme to express the uncertainty principle in form of inequality of the bipartite correlation functions for a given multipartite state, which provides an experimentally feasible and model-independent way to verify various…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-05 Jun-Li Li , Kun Du , Cong-Feng Qiao

The paper deals with the reformulation of quantum uncertainty relation involving position and momentum of a particle on the basis of the Kerridge measure of inaccuracy and the Fisher information.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Indranil Chakrabarty

Nonlocality is a distinctive feature of quantum theory, which has been extensively studied for decades. It is found that the uncertainty principle determines the nonlocality of quantum mechanics. Here we show that various degrees of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-14 Ma-Cheng Yang , Jun-Li Li , Cong-Feng Qiao

Uncertainty relations are one of the fundamental principles in physics. It began as a fundamental limitation in quantum mechanics, and today the word {\it uncertainty relation} is a generic term for various trade-off relations in nature. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-09 Hiroyasu Tajima , Hiroshi Nagaoka

Uncertainty relations are usually stated as bounds on selected combinations of variances, but the full covariance matrix contains substantially richer information about the geometry of quantum state space and about the operational…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-13 Dimpi Thakuria , Shuheng Liu , Giuseppe Vitagliano , Konrad Szymański

The fundamental principles of complementarity and uncertainty are shown to be related to the possibility of joint unsharp measurements of pairs of noncommuting quantum observables. A new joint measurement scheme for complementary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Busch , C. R. Shilladay

In this note, we consider the implications of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle (HUP) when computing uncertainties that affect the main dynamical quantities, from the perspective of special relativity. Using the well-known formula for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-19 Luca Nanni

New inequalities for symplectic tomograms of quantum states and their connection with entropic uncertainty relations are discussed within the framework of the probability representation of quantum mechanics.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Sergio De Nicola Renato Fedele , Margarita A. Man'ko , Vladimir I. Man'ko

Uncertainty relations lie at the very core of quantum mechanics, and form the cornerstone of essentially all quantum cryptographic applications. In particular, they play an important role in cryptographic protocols in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-08-27 Stephanie Wehner , Andreas Winter

The use of real clocks and measuring rods in quantum mechanics implies a natural loss of unitarity in the description of the theory. We briefly review this point and then discuss the implications it has for the measurement problem in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Rodolfo Gambini , Jorge Pullin

The quantum measurement incompatibility is a distinctive feature of quantum mechanics. We investigate the incompatibility of a set of general measurements and classify the incompatibility by the hierarchy of compatibilities of its subsets.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-03 Bao-Zhi Sun , Zhi-Xi Wang , Xianqing Li-Jost , Shao-Ming Fei

A pair of uncertainty relations relevant for quantum states of multislit interferometry is derived, based on the mutually commuting "modular" position and momentum operators and their complementary counterparts, originally introduced by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-08-29 Johannes Biniok , Paul Busch , Jukka Kiukas

Uncertainty relation usually is one of the most important features in quantum mechanics, and is the backbone of quantum theory, which distinguishes from the rule in classical counterpart. Specifically, entropy-based uncertainty relations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-05 Zhi-Yong Ding , Huan Yang , Dong Wang , Hao Yuan , Jie Yang , Liu Ye