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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Again, I’ve already defended this https://twitter.com/inertialobservr/status/1220867342000771072?s=21 …https://twitter.com/InertialObservr/status/1220867342000771072 …
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If you confine a particle to go through a tiny slit, the more spread you will have in the momentum distribution.
Take a photon, as it goes through the slit you will precisely where it is but you won't know the direction it is headed (i.e. it's instantaneous momentum vector)
9:49 PM - 24 Jan 2020
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