Minimum-uncertainty angular wave packets and quantized mean values
dc.contributor.author | Kostelecký, V.A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tudose, B. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-05T16:53:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-09-05T16:53:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1996 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kostelecký, V. A., & Tudose, B. (1996). Minimum-uncertainty angular wave packets and quantized mean values. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 53(4), 1978-1981. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.53.1978 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2022/18667 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | American Physical Society | |
dc.relation.isversionof | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.53.1978 | |
dc.rights | © 1996 American Physical Society. | |
dc.title | Minimum-uncertainty angular wave packets and quantized mean values | |
dc.type | Article |
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