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Quantum Uncertainty and the Fifth Dimension

Paul S. Wesson1
  • 1 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada

Abstract

If the world has an extra dimension, the motion of a particle in spacetime may be slightly modified, producing a correlation between the momentum and position similar to that familiar from the uncertainty relation in quantum mechanics.

Physics International
Volume 6 No. 2, 2015, 78-81

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/pisp.2015.78.81

Submitted On: 8 January 2015 Published On: 19 August 2015

How to Cite: Wesson, P. S. (2015). Quantum Uncertainty and the Fifth Dimension. Physics International, 6(2), 78-81. https://doi.org/10.3844/pisp.2015.78.81

Open AccessCopyright: © 2015 Paul S. Wesson. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Heisenberg’s Relation
  • Extra Dimensions