Published November 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Uncertainty principle in Larmor clock

  • 1. Department of Physics, Nanjing University (China)

Description

It is well known that the spin operators of a quantum particle must obey uncertainty relations. We use the uncertainty principle to study the Larmor clock. To avoid breaking the uncertainty principle, Larmor time can be defined as the ratio of the phase difference between a spin-up particle and a spin-down particle to the corresponding Larmor frequency. The connection between the dwell time and the Larmor time has also been confirmed. Moreover, the results show that the behavior of the Larmor time depends on the height and width of the barrier. (authors)

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Journal Title
Chinese Physics. C, High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
35
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 992-996
ISSN
1674-1137

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Notes
3 figs., 22 refs.