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Past exam of the physics course of the year 4 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2016 / Paper 1 / Section B / B7 / c / Solution 2026-10-20
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For the uncertainty product of oscillator number states, the two means vanish, so the standard deviations are the square roots of the second moments:
Δx=mωℏ​(n+21​)​,Δp=mℏω(n+21​)​.
(1)
Consequently,
ΔxΔp=ℏ(n+21​).​
(2)
Only the ground state n=0 saturates the Heisenberg uncertainty principle in this sequence of energy eigenstates; the excited number states have a larger uncertainty product.
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