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Second-generation interferometric gravitational-wave detectors will be operating at the Standard Quantum Limit, a sensitivity limitation set by the trade off between measurement accuracy and quantum back action, which is governed by the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-01-28 Yanbei Chen , Stefan L. Danilishin , Farid Ya. Khalili , Helge Müller-Ebhardt

At the recent QSCP XIX, the author claimed a procedure of using a scaled Fourier transform (the scaling being determined by the detailed interaction and particle mass for a harmonic oscillator) to achieve simultaneous resolution of position…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-09 Donald J. Kouri

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

The Robertson's formulation of the uncertainty relation is the most widely accepted form of the Heisenberg uncertainty relation (HUR). It gets modified when we consider it for entangled particles. But this formulation does not consider the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-29 Harris Varghese , M. Ravendranadhan

Heisenberg scaling characterizes the ultimate precision of parameter estimation enabled by quantum mechanics, which represents an important quantum advantage of both theoretical and technological interest. Here, we study the attainability…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-26 Masahito Hayashi , Zi-Wen Liu , Haidong Yuan

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

In this article we examine a Generalized Uncertainty Principle which differs from the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle by terms linear and quadratic in particle momenta, as proposed by the authors in an earlier paper. We show that this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-21 Ahmed Farag Ali , Saurya Das , Elias C. Vagenas

In this work we derive a matrix formulation of a noise-disturbance uncertainty relation, which is akin to the Robertson-Schr\"odinger uncertainty principle. Our inequality is stronger than Ozawa's uncertainty principle and takes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-04-30 Catarina Bastos , Alex E. Bernardini , Orfeu Bertolami , Nuno Costa Dias , Joao Nuno Prata

The uncertainty principle, first introduced by Heisenberg in inertial frames, clearly distinguishes quantum theories from classical mechanics. In non-inertial frames, its information-theoretic expressions, namely entropic uncertainty…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-17 Chen Qian , Ya-Dong Wu , Jia-Wei Ji , Yunlong Xiao , Barry C. Sanders

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

Our investigation of the results of the neutron spin experiment by Ehhart et al. demonstrates that their results cannot be understood in accordance with common sense. For example, their results obtained with different measurement errors are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-09-10 Seiji Kosugi

The standard quantum formalism introduced at the undergraduate level treats measurement as an instantaneous collapse. In reality however, no physical process can occur over a truly infinitesimal time interval. A more subtle investigation of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 Leigh S. Martin

This work introduces a novel model of quantum entities as unified, physically extended wavefields, forming the basis for a testable realist, holist framework for quantum measurement and collapse. Unlike interpretations that postulate hidden…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 Jason D. Runyan

According to Heisenberg's uncertainty relation, there is an ultimate limit to how precisely we may predict the outcome of position and momentum measurements on a quantum system. We show that this limit may be violated by an arbitrarily…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-18 Maryam Khanahmadi , Klaus Mølmer

Since their discovery in 1927, the Heisenberg Inequalities have become an icon of quantum mechanics. Often inappropriately referred to as the Uncertainty Principle, these inequalities relating the standard deviations of the position and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-11 Sylvain D. Brechet , Francois A. Reuse , Klaus Maschke , Jean-Philippe Ansermet

We propose the construction of equations of motion based on symmetries in quantum-mechanical systems, using Heisenberg's uncertainty principle as a minimal foundation. From canonical operators, two spaces of conjugate operators are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-15 Enrique Casanova , José Rojas , Melvin Arias

Unlike well-established parameter estimation, function estimation faces conceptual and mathematical difficulties despite its enormous potential utility. We establish the fundamental error bounds on function estimation in quantum metrology…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-29 Naoto Kura , Masahito Ueda

It is well known that the problem of divergence in the physical interpretation of quantum mechanics originating from the uncertainty principle has not yet been resolved. Attempting to clear the constraints and confusion of this situation…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2021-03-16 De-Long Duan

The evaluation of uncertainties in quantum measurements is problematic since the correct value of an observable between state preparation and measurement is experimentally inaccessible. In Ozawa's formulation of uncertainty relations for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-05-02 Holger F. Hofmann

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