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From the noncommutative nature of quantum mechanics, estimation of canonical observables $\hat{q}$ and $\hat{p}$ is essentially restricted in its performance by the Heisenberg uncertainty relation, $\mean{\Delta \hat{q}^2}\mean{\Delta…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-09-24 Naoki Yamamoto , Shinji Hara

The theory of geometric quantum mechanics describes a quantum system as a Hamiltonian dynamical system with a complex projective Hilbert space as its phase space, thus equipped with a Riemannian metric in addition to a symplectic structure.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-10-26 Barbara A. Sanborn

While there is a rigorously proven relationship about uncertainties intrinsic to any quantum system, often referred to as "Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle," Heisenberg originally formulated his ideas in terms of a relationship between…

Uncertainty relations involving complementary observables are one of the cornerstones of quantum mechanics. Aside from their fundamental significance, they play an important role in practical applications, such as detection of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-19 Fabricio Toscano , Daniel S. Tasca , Łukasz Rudnicki , Stephen P. Walborn

The uncertainty principle is fundamentally rooted in the algebraic asymmetry between observables. We introduce a new class of uncertainty relations grounded in the resource theory of asymmetry, where incompatibility is quantified by an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 Xingze Qiu

Uncertainty and intrinsic measurement disturbance, two fundamental concepts in quantum measurement, have conventionally been viewed as distinct and studied separately. In this work, we establish a fundamental connection between them,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Liang-Liang Sun , Kishor Bharti , Xiang Zhou , Leong-Chuan Kwek , Jingyun Fan , Sixia Yu

In two articles, the authors claim that the Heisenberg uncertainty principle limits the precision of simultaneous measurements of the position and velocity of a particle and refer to experimental evidence that supports their claim. It is…

General Physics · Physics 2007-07-12 Elias P. Gyftopoulos

This study investigates pseudo-Hermitian quantum mechanics, where the Hamiltonian satisfies a modified Hermiticity condition. We extend the uncertainty relation for such systems, demonstrating its equivalence to the standard Hermitian case…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-11 Boubakeur Khantoul , Bilel Hamil , Amar Benchikha

The canonical Robertson-Schr\"{o}dinger uncertainty relation provides a loose bound for the product of variances of two non-commuting observables. Recently, several tight forward and reverse uncertainty relations have been proved which go…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-06 Lei Xiao , Bowen Fan , Kunkun Wang , Arun Kumar Pati , Peng Xue

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

We derive an exact uncertainty relation for arbitrary quantum states of finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces. For any given $k$-partition of a $d$-dimensional multipartite system, we introduce the total uncertainty as the sum of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-19 G. Tartaglione , G. Zanfardino , F. Illuminati

Uncertainty is a fundamental and important concept in quantum mechanics. In this work, using the technique in matrix theory, we propose an uncertainty relation of four observables and show that the uncertainty constant is tight. It is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-29 Minyi Huang

An effective formalism is developed to handle decaying two-state systems. Herewith, observables of such systems can be described by a single operator in the Heisenberg picture. This allows for using the usual framework in quantum…

A geometric approach to formulate the uncertainty principle between quantum observables acting on an $N$-dimensional Hilbert space is proposed. We consider the fidelity between a density operator associated with a quantum system and a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 G. M. Bosyk , T. M. Osán , P. W. Lamberti , M. Portesi

The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (HUP) limits the accuracy in the simultaneous measurements of the position and momentum variables of any quantum system. This is known to be true in the context of non-relativistic quantum mechanics.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-25 Jaume Giné , Giuseppe Gaetano Luciano

A numerical illustration of a universally valid Heisenberg uncertainty relation, which was proposed recently, is presented by using the experimental data on spin-measurements by J. Erhart, et al.[ Nature Phys. {\bf 8}, 185 (2012)]. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-12-03 Kazuo Fujikawa , Koichiro Umetsu

In quantum mechanics, the Heisenberg uncertainty relation presents an ultimate limit to the precision by which one can predict the outcome of position and momentum measurements on a particle. Heisenberg explicitly stated this relation for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-16 Han Bao , Shenchao Jin , Junlei Duan , Suotang Jia , Klaus Mølmer , Heng Shen , Yanhong Xiao

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle provides a fundamental limitation on an observer's ability to simultaneously predict the outcome when one of two measurements is performed on a quantum system. However, if the observer has access to a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-10-04 Robert Prevedel , Deny R. Hamel , Roger Colbeck , Kent Fisher , Kevin J. Resch

In this article, I show how the Aharonov-Vaidman identity $A \left \vert \psi\right \rangle = \left \langle A \right \rangle \left \vert \psi\right \rangle + \Delta A \left \vert \psi^{\perp}_A \right \rangle$ can be used to prove relations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-21 M. S. Leifer

We study the consequences of the generalized Heisenberg uncertainty relation which admits a minimal uncertainty in length such as the case in a theory of quantum gravity. In particular, the theory of quantum harmonic oscillators arising…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 P. Narayana Swamy
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