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Exploiting the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle as a means to communicate
It seems as though I've come across a rather unusual conclusion that could either simply be a misinterpretation or a contradictory discovery. I seem to have found a way to utilize the Heisenberg ...
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Calculating lifetime of a pi meson via Heisenberg uncertainty relationship?
This is a problem from my textbook:
"A proton or neutron sometimes 'violates' conservation of energy by emitting and then reabsorbing a pi meson, which has a mass 135MeV/$c^2$. This is possible as ...
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What is meant by “Nothing” in Physics/Quantum Mechanics(QM)?
I am not a phycisist, so please forgive my ignorance. This is related to my posts and this.
I am trying to undertand what is meant by the term "Nothing" in physics or Quantum Mechanics since it seems ...
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Naive question on quantum mechanics and uncertainty principle
This is a follow up on this question, the answer of which points towards Quantum Mechanics.
As stated I am not a phycisist so please forgive my ignorance.
I will try to understand the issue by going ...
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Concept of a point particle in quantum mechanics
A point particle is usually thought of as structureless and without dimension. However, given that Heisenberg's uncertainty principle prohibits us from knowing the position of a particle exactly, what ...
