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We present a universal formulation of uncertainty relation valid for any conceivable quantum measurement and the resultant observation (observer) effect of statistical nature. Owing to its simplicity and operational tangibility, our general…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-19 Jaeha Lee , Izumi Tsutsui

The Heisenberg position-momentum uncertainty principle shares with the equivalence principle the role of main pillar of our current description of nature. However, in its original formulation it is inconsistent with special relativity, and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-12 Giovanni Amelino-Camelia , Valerio Astuti

General characterizations of physical measurements are discussed within the framework of the classical information theory. The uncertainty relation for simultaneous measurements of two physical observables is defined in this framework for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-30 Yoshimasa Kurihara

This PHD thesis is concerned with uncertainty relations in quantum probability theory, state estimation in quantum stochastics, and natural bundles in differential geometry. After some comments on the nature and necessity of decoherence in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-11-15 Bas Janssens

Quantum electro-mechanical systems offer a unique opportunity to probe quantum noise properties in macroscopic devices, properties which ultimately stem from the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. A simple example of this is expected to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-15 A. J. Weinstein , C. U. Lei , E. E. Wollman , J. Suh , A. Metelmann , A. A. Clerk , K. C. Schwab

Uncertainty principle is the basis of quantum mechanics. It reflects the basic law of the movement of microscopic particles. Wigner-Yanase skew information, as a measure of quantum uncertainties, is used to characterize the intrinsic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-11 Limei Zhang , Ting Gao , Fengli Yan

It is considered constraints imposed by the quantum mechanics on the measurement of the density of the electromagnetic energy. First, the energy of the electromagnetic wave and the volume (time) are bound with the Heisenberg uncertainty…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. L. Khokhlov

Gaussian quantum systems exhibit many explicitly quantum effects but can be simulated classically. Using both the Hilbert space (Koopman) and the phase-space (Moyal) formalisms we investigate how robust this classicality is. We find…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-23 Aida Ahmadzadegan , Robert B. Mann , Daniel R. Terno

In this paper the uncertainty principle is found via characteristics of continuous and nowhere differentiable functions. We prove that any physical system that has a continuous and nowhere differentiable position function is subject to an…

General Physics · Physics 2021-07-13 Faycal Ben Adda , Helene Porchon

Quantum theory is notoriously counterintuitive, and yet remains entirely self-consistent when applied universally. Here we uncover a new manifestation of its unusual consequences. We demonstrate, theoretically and experimentally (by means…

This paper focuses on the complex relationship between Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and the nodal structure of wave functions in a variety of quantum systems including the quantum harmonic oscillator, the particle in a 1D box , and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-26 Tarek Yehia

The Heisenberg uncertainty principle sets a lower bound on the sensitivity of continuous optical measurements of force. This bound, the standard quantum limit, can only be reached when a mechanical oscillator subjected to the force is…

In this work we determine a lower bound to the mean value of the quantum potential for an arbitrary state. Furthermore, we derive a generalized uncertainty relation that is stronger than the Robertson-Schr\"odinger inequality and hence also…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-08 F. Nicacio , F. T. Falciano

The generalized uncertainty principle has been described as a general consequence of incorporating a minimal length from a theory of quantum gravity. We consider a simple quantum mechanical model where the operator corresponding to position…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Jang Young Bang , Micheal S. Berger

Heisenberg's uncertainty relation is commonly regarded as defining a level of unpredictability that is fundamentally incompatible with the deterministic laws embodied in classical field theories such as Einstein's general relativity. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Paul S. Wesson

Heisenberg showed in the early days of quantum theory that the uncertainty principle follows as a direct consequence of the quantization of electromagnetic radiation in the form of photons. As we show here the gravitational interaction of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Ronald J. Adler , David I. Santiago

The existence of incompatible measurements, epitomized by Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, is one of the distinctive features of quantum theory. So far, quantum incompatibility has been studied for measurements that test the preparation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-16 Michal Sedlak , Daniel Reitzner , Giulio Chiribella , Mario Ziman

Some properties of the $q$-Fourier-sine transform are studied and $q$-analogues of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle is derived for the $q$-Fourier-cosine transform studied in \cite{FB} and for the $q$-Fourier-sine transform.

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Neji Bettaibi , Ahmed Fitouhi , Wafa Binous

The properties which give quantum mechanics its unique character - unitarity, complementarity, non-commutativity, uncertainty, nonlocality - derive from the algebraic structure of Hermitian operators acting on the wavefunction in complex…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-14 Tim Palmer

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