Generalizing the Heisenberg uncertainty relation

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 368-371

  Chisolm, Eric D ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 23044523558     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: 19432909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1317561     Document Type: Article

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