Published June 28, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Fisher information, kinetic energy and uncertainty relation inequalities

  • 1. Liu Bie Ju Center for Mathematical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong (China)
  • 2. Institute of Applied Mathematics, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)

Description

By interpolating between Fisher information and mechanical kinetic energy, we introduce a general notion of kinetic energy with respect to a parameter of Schroedinger wavefunctions from a statistical inference perspective. Kinetic energy is the sum of Fisher information and an integral of a parametrized analogue of quantum mechanical current density related to phase. A family of integral inequalities concerning kinetic energy and moments are established, among which the Cramer-Rao inequality and the Weyl-Heisenberg inequality, are special cases. In particular, the integral inequalities involving the negative order moments are relevant to the study of electron systems. Moreover, by specifying the parameter to a scale, we obtain a family of inequalities of uncertainty relation type which incorporate the position and momentum observables symmetrically in a single quantity. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available online at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General (ISSN 4361-6447) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
Journal Volume
35
Journal Issue
25
Journal Page Range
p. 5181-5187
ISSN
0305-4470

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
33035831
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CURRENT DENSITY; KINETIC ENERGY; LINEAR MOMENTUM; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE; WAVE FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENERGY; EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; MECHANICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS