Published May 14, 2007
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Journal article
Remarks on the fact that the uncertainty principle does not determine the quantum state
Creators
- 1. Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna, Nordbergstrasse 15, A-1090 Vienna (Austria)
Description
We discuss the relation between density matrices and the uncertainty principle; this allows us to justify and explain a recent statement by Man'ko et al. We thereafter use Hardy's uncertainty principle to prove a new result for Wigner distributions dominated by a Gaussian and we relate this result to the coarse-graining of phase-space by 'quantum blobs'
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physleta.2006.12.024;
- PII
- S0375-9601(06)01955-4;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. A
- Journal Volume
- 364
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- p. 453-457
- ISSN
- 0375-9601
- CODEN
- PYLAAG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39013964
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DENSITY MATRIX; ENERGY LEVELS; MIXED STATE; PHASE SPACE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE; WIGNER DISTRIBUTION
- Descriptors DEC
- MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATRICES; MECHANICS; SPACE
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.