Heisenberg's wave packet reconsidered
| dc.creator | Grabbe, J. Orlin | |
| dc.date | 2005-09-07 | |
| dc.date | 2005-09-17 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:18:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:18:15Z | |
| dc.description | This note shows that Heisenberg's choice for a wave function in his original paper on the uncertainty principle is simply a renormalized characteristic function of a stable distribution with certain restrictions on the parameters. Relaxing Heisenberg's restrictions leads to a more general formulation of the uncertainty principle. This reformulation shows quantum uncertainty can exist at a macroscopic level. These modifications also give rise to a new form of Schrodinger's wave equation as the equation of a vibrating string. Although a heat equation version can also be given, the latter shows the traditional formulation of Schrodinger's equation involves a hidden Cauchy amplitude assumption. | |
| dc.description | 10 pages, minor corrections | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0509045 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0509045 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/94670 | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.title | Heisenberg's wave packet reconsidered | |
| dc.type | text |