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arXiv 2010-05-04 DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.110406 0 views

Position Measurements Obeying Momentum Conservation

Busch, Paul · Loveridge, Leon

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We present a hitherto unknown fundamental limitation to a basic measurement: that of the position of a quantum object when the total momentum of the object and apparatus is conserved. This result extends the famous Wigner-Araki-Yanase (WAY) theorem, and shows that accurate position measurements are only practically feasible if there is a large momentum uncertainty in the apparatus.

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