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Position-momentum uncertainty products

Quantum Physics 2015-06-19 v2

Abstract

We point out two interesting features of position-momentum uncertainty product: U=ΔxΔpU=\Delta x \Delta p. We show that two special (non-differentiable) eigenstates of the Schr{\"o}dinger operator with the Dirac Delta potential [V(x)=V0δ(x)],V0>0[V(x)=-V_0 \delta(x)],V_0>0, also satisfy the Heisenberg's uncertainty principle by yielding U>2U> \frac{\hbar}{2}. One of these eigenstates is a zero-energy and zero-curvature bound state.

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@article{arxiv.1403.2824,
  title  = {Position-momentum uncertainty products},
  author = {Zafar Ahmed and Indresh Yadav},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.2824},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Modified version, no Figures, one Table, 8 pages, to appear in Eur. J. Phys

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