An informational characterization of Schrödinger's uncertainty relations

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 1557-1576

  Luo, Shunlong ^a   Zhang, Zhengmin ^b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fisher information; Quantum measurement; Skew information; Uncertainty relations; Wigner Yanase correlation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543025170     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:joss.0000013971.75667.c8     Document Type: Article

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