Universal Heisenberg uncertainty relations for all massless particles

Abstract We derive the uncertainty relations between position and momentum (or wavector) in a uniform way for all massless particles. As expected, the lower bound <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>γ</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>min</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:msqrt> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> </mml:msqrt> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> in the uncertainty relation grows with the particle’s helicity h .

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New Journal of Physics
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2026-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ae333b
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Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
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Universal Heisenberg uncertainty relations for all massless particles

Zofia Białynicka-Birula, Iwo Białynicki‐Birula
New Journal of Physics
Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
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Universal Heisenberg uncertainty relations for all massless particles

Zofia Białynicka-Birula, Iwo Białynicki‐Birula
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Abstract We derive the uncertainty relations between position and momentum (or wavector) in a uniform way for all massless particles. As expected, the lower bound <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>γ</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>min</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:msqrt> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> </mml:msqrt> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> in the uncertainty relation grows with the particle’s helicity h .

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