Uncertainty principle and the zero-point energy of the harmonic oscillator


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ABSTRACT ACCORDING to quantum mechanics, an oscillator possesses a definite zero-point energy of vibration, and an attempt has been made to express this result _directly_ in terms of some


general principle. It has been found that the result may be deduced from the uncertainty principle, in view of the particular relation between position, momentum and energy in a simple


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PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE NEWING, R. Uncertainty Principle and the Zero-Point Energy of the Harmonic Oscillator. _Nature_ 136, 395 (1935).


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