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arXiv:1902.01396 · Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

Uncertainty Relation for the Radial Momentum and Radial Coordinate in the Coulomb Potential

Artur Mikhailovich Ishkhanyan, V. P. Krainov

Published Sep 1, 2018• 0 citations
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Abstract

We have obtained the uncertainty relations for arbitrary states of the hydrogen atom. It is shown that the minimal value of the uncertainty relation (Δ p r Δ r → ħ 2) is attained for the circular Rydberg states.
DOI
10.1134/s1063776118090042

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