| dc.contributor.advisor | Roman W. Jackiw. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Mendoza, Douglas M | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-09T19:57:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-01-09T19:57:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/83805 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2013. | en_US |
| dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (page 35). | en_US |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Douglas M. Mendoza. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 35 pages | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
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| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Physics. | en_US |
| dc.title | Generalized approach to minimal uncertainty products | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.B. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 865475366 | en_US |
