Introduction

Readings
Atkins Chapter 28, 565-580
Spears & Zollman Chapter 18, 424-429
Activity 12, Waves of Matter of VQM Activities

It Was Probably Heisenberg …..

In this tutorial we look more carefully at the uncertainties in position and momentum. We will learn how the uncertainty in one variable is related to the other. Finally, we will speculate about the value of the Heisenberg Compensator in the Star Trek Transporter.

Previously we saw that the uncertainty in momentum at one time affects our uncertainty in position at a later time. Now, we wish to investigate the relation between the two variables at any one time.