29.12.2013 Views

Review of Classical Wave

Review of Classical Wave

Review of Classical Wave

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle<br />

• Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, given in 1927, applies primarily to very<br />

small particles, and states that we cannot describe with absolute accuracy<br />

the behavior <strong>of</strong> these subatomic particles.<br />

• The uncertainty principle describe a fundamental relationship between<br />

conjugate variables, including position and momentum and also<br />

energy and time.<br />

• The first statement <strong>of</strong> the uncertainty principle is that it is impossible to<br />

simultaneously describe with absolute accuracy the position and<br />

momentum <strong>of</strong> a particle.<br />

• The second statement <strong>of</strong> the uncertainty principle is that it is impossible to<br />

simultaneously describe with absolute accuracy the energy <strong>of</strong> a particle<br />

and the instant <strong>of</strong> time the particle has this energy.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!