Minimum-Uncertainty Angular Wave Packets and Quantized Mean Values

Details Minimum-Uncertainty Angular Wave Packets and Quantized Mean Values Minimum-Uncertainty Angular Wave Packets and Quantized Mean Values

1995-12-29

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9512030v1

Phys.Rev.A53:1978-1981,1996

Physics

Quantum Physics

accepted for publication in Physical Review A

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.53.1978

Uncertainty relations between a bounded coordinate operator and a conjugate momentum operator frequently appear in quantum mechanics. We prove that physically reasonable minimum-uncertainty solutions to such relations have quantized expectation values of the conjugate momentum. This implies, for example, that the mean angular momentum is quantized for any minimum-uncertainty state obtained from any uncertainty relation involving the angular-momentum operator and a conjugate coordinate. Experiments specifically seeking to create minimum-uncertainty states localized in angular coordinates therefore must produce packets with integer angular momentum.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Minimum-Uncertainty Angular Wave Packets and Quantized Mean Values does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Minimum-Uncertainty Angular Wave Packets and Quantized Mean Values, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Minimum-Uncertainty Angular Wave Packets and Quantized Mean Values will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-283132