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Uncertainty product of oscillator number states
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An
energy eigenstate
has
⟨
x
⟩
=
⟨
p
⟩
=
0
,
⟨
x
2
⟩
=
ℏ
(
n
+
1/2
)
/
(
mω
)
and
⟨
p
2
⟩
=
m
ℏ
ω
(
n
+
1/2
)
. Thus
Δ
x
Δ
p
=
ℏ
(
n
+
1/2
)
; only the
ground state
in this
sequence
minimizes the
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
.
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Past exam of the physics course of the year 4 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge
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2016
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Paper 1
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Section B
/
B7
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c
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