Generalized approach to minimal uncertainty products

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Mendoza, Douglas M
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics.
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Roman W. Jackiw.
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Abstract
A general technique to construct quantum states that saturate uncertainty products using variational methods is developed. Such a method allows one to numerically compute uncertainties in cases where the Robertson-Schrodinger (RS) uncertainty approach fails. To demonstrate the limitations of the RS approach, the ([Delta]x2 )([Delta]p) relation is examined using both the variational and direct method.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2013.
 
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Includes bibliographical references (page 35).
 
Date issued
2013
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/83805
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Physics.
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