Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1861154 Physics Letters A 2008 14 Pages PDF
Abstract
Complex Bohmian mechanics is introduced to investigate the validity of a trajectory interpretation of the uncertainty principles ΔqΔp⩾ℏ/2 and ΔEΔt⩾ℏ/2 by replacing probability mean values with time-averaged mean values. It is found that the ℏ/2 factor in the uncertainty relation ΔEΔt⩾ℏ/2 stems from a quantum potential whose time-averaged mean value taken along any closed trajectory with a period T=2π/ω is proved to be an integer multiple of ℏω/2 for one-dimensional systems.
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