The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
(Δx Δp ≳ ℏ)
• Implies that there really is no such thing as 'a particle is at 𝑥 with momentum 𝑝'
• That is, the more narrow the 𝑥-PDF |Ψ(x)|², the more broad the 𝑝-PDF |Φ(p)|² will become & vice versa (
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You can’t say it left the slot with this or that momentum and followed some definite trajectory and work backwards
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We can say this only of asymptotic non interacting states, which we do in the LHC
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Thats exactly right. Position and trajectory are not the same thing. But coming back to the slit experiment. If the conjugate variables are slit size and pettern width. You have to gather information on both many times un order to see a Heisenberg like relationship.
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