scholarly journals Momentum and uncertainty relations in the entropic approach to quantum theory

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahid Nawaz ◽  
Ariel Caticha
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Uncertainty Relations

scholarly journals BLACK HOLE UNCERTAINTIES

1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (20) ◽  
pp. 1925-1941
Author(s):  
ULF H. DANIELSSON
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Uncertainty Relation ◽  
Wave Functions ◽  
Uncertainty Relations ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Black Hole Mass ◽  
Dilaton Black Holes

In this work the quantum theory of two-dimensional dilaton black holes is studied using the Wheeler-De Witt equation. The solutions correspond to wave functions of the black hole. It is found that for an observer inside the horizon, there are uncertainty relations for the black hole mass and a parameter in the metric determining the Hawking flux. Only for a particular value of this parameter can both be known with arbitrary accuracy. In the generic case there is instead a relation that is very similar to the so-called string uncertainty relation.

scholarly journals Uncertainty relations: An operational approach to the error-disturbance tradeoff

Quantum ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph M. Renes ◽  
Volkher B. Scholz ◽  
Stefan Huber
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Uncertainty Relation ◽  
Uncertainty Relations ◽  
Actual Measurement ◽  
Quantum Uncertainty ◽  
Joint Measurability ◽  
Finite Dimensional ◽  
Wave Particle Duality ◽  
Heisenberg Type ◽  
Conceptual Difficulties

The notions of error and disturbance appearing in quantum uncertainty relations are often quantified by the discrepancy of a physical quantity from its ideal value. However, these real and ideal values are not the outcomes of simultaneous measurements, and comparing the values of unmeasured observables is not necessarily meaningful according to quantum theory. To overcome these conceptual difficulties, we take a different approach and define error and disturbance in an operational manner. In particular, we formulate both in terms of the probability that one can successfully distinguish the actual measurement device from the relevant hypothetical ideal by any experimental test whatsoever. This definition itself does not rely on the formalism of quantum theory, avoiding many of the conceptual difficulties of usual definitions. We then derive new Heisenberg-type uncertainty relations for both joint measurability and the error-disturbance tradeoff for arbitrary observables of finite-dimensional systems, as well as for the case of position and momentum. Our relations may be directly applied in information processing settings, for example to infer that devices which can faithfully transmit information regarding one observable do not leak any information about conjugate observables to the environment. We also show that Englert's wave-particle duality relation [PRL 77, 2154 (1996)] can be viewed as an error-disturbance uncertainty relation.

scholarly journals Uncertainty Relations: Curiosities and Inconsistencies

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1640
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Urbanowski
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Lower Bound ◽  
Uncertainty Relation ◽  
Quantum Particle ◽  
Uncertainty Relations ◽  
Rigorous Analysis ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
The Status ◽  
Symmetric Quantum ◽  
Standard Deviations

Analyzing general uncertainty relations one can find that there can exist such pairs of non-commuting observables A and B and such vectors that the lower bound for the product of standard deviations ΔA and ΔB calculated for these vectors is zero: ΔA·ΔB≥0. Here we discuss examples of such cases and some other inconsistencies which can be found performing a rigorous analysis of the uncertainty relations in some special cases. As an illustration of such cases matrices (2×2) and (3×3) and the position–momentum uncertainty relation for a quantum particle in the box are considered. The status of the uncertainty relation in PT–symmetric quantum theory and the problems associated with it are also studied.

scholarly journals The Quantum Nature of Color Perception: Uncertainty Relations for Chromatic Opposition

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Michel Berthier ◽  
Edoardo Provenzi
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Color Perception ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Visual Signals ◽  
Uncertainty Relations ◽  
Achromatic Color ◽  
Quantum Nature ◽  
Algebraic Properties ◽  
First Results ◽  
Quantum Framework

In this paper, we provide an overview on the foundation and first results of a very recent quantum theory of color perception, together with novel results about uncertainty relations for chromatic opposition. The major inspiration for this model is the 1974 remarkable work by H.L. Resnikoff, who had the idea to give up the analysis of the space of perceived colors through metameric classes of spectra in favor of the study of its algebraic properties. This strategy permitted to reveal the importance of hyperbolic geometry in colorimetry. Starting from these premises, we show how Resnikoff’s construction can be extended to a geometrically rich quantum framework, where the concepts of achromatic color, hue and saturation can be rigorously defined. Moreover, the analysis of pure and mixed quantum chromatic states leads to a deep understanding of chromatic opposition and its role in the encoding of visual signals. We complete our paper by proving the existence of uncertainty relations for the degree of chromatic opposition, thus providing a theoretical confirmation of the quantum nature of color perception.

scholarly journals Relaxed uncertainty relations and information processing

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (9&10) ◽  
pp. 801-832 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Ver Steeg ◽  
S. Wehner
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Uncertainty Relation ◽  
Random Access ◽  
The Other ◽  
Uncertainty Relations ◽  
Expectation Values ◽  
Chsh Inequality ◽  
Local Correlations ◽  
Non Local

We consider a range of "theories'' that violate the uncertainty relation for anti-commuting observables derived. We first show that Tsirelson's bound for the CHSH inequality can be derived from this uncertainty relation, and that relaxing this relation allows for non-local correlations that are stronger than what can be obtained in quantum mechanics. We continue to construct a hierarchy of related non-signaling theories, and show that on one hand they admit superstrong random access encodings and exponential savings for a particular communication problem, while on the other hand it becomes much harder in these theories to learn a state. We show that the existence of these effects stems from the absence of certain constraints on the expectation values of commuting measurements from our non-signaling theories that are present in quantum theory.

scholarly journals Quantum theory of redshift in de Sitter expanding universe

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ion I. Cotăescu
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Projection Operator ◽  
Free Field ◽  
Quantum Corrections ◽  
Uncertainty Relations ◽  
Expanding Universe ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Expectation Values ◽  
Hubble’S Law ◽  
Coherent Quantum

AbstractThe quantum theory of the Maxwell free field in Coulomb gauge on the de Sitter expanding universe is completed with the technical elements needed for building a coherent quantum theory of redshift. Paying special attention to the conserved observables and defining the projection operator selecting the detected momenta it is shown that the expectation values of the energies of the emitted and detected photons comply with the Lemaître rule of Hubble’s law. Moreover, the quantum corrections to the dispersions of the principal observables and new uncertainty relations are derived.

scholarly journals Role of information theoretic uncertainty relations in quantum theory

2015 ◽  
Vol 355 ◽  
pp. 87-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Jizba ◽  
Jacob A. Dunningham ◽  
Jaewoo Joo
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Uncertainty Relations ◽  
Information Theoretic ◽  
Role Of Information

Time in Quantum Mechanics

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Hilgevoord ◽  
David Atkinson
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Uncertainty Relation ◽  
Classical Mechanics ◽  
Special Problem ◽  
Uncertainty Relations ◽  
Operator Formalism ◽  
Heisenberg Uncertainty ◽  
Time In Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Time Operators

Unlike classical mechanics, quantum mechanics assumes the famous Heisenberg uncertainty relations. One of these concerns time: the energy–time uncertainty relation. Unlike the canonical position–momentum uncertainty relation, the energy–time relation is not reflected in the operator formalism of quantum theory. Indeed, it is often said and taken as problematic that there is not a so-called “time operator” in quantum theory. This chapter sheds light on these questions and others, including the absorbing matter of whether quantum mechanics allows for the existence of ideal clocks. The second section notes that quantum mechanics does not involve a special problem for time, and that there is no fundamental asymmetry between space and time in quantum mechanics over and above the asymmetry which already exists in classical physics. The third section studies time operators in detail. The fourth section discusses various uncertainty relations involving time.

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