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Uncertainty product of oscillator number states

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An energy eigenstate has ⟨x⟩=⟨p⟩=0, ⟨x2⟩=ℏ(n+1/2)/(mω) and ⟨p2⟩=mℏω(n+1/2). Thus ΔxΔp=ℏ(n+1/2); only the ground state in this sequence minimizes the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

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