Using Neutrinos to test the Time-Energy Uncertainty Relation in an Extreme Regime
| dc.contributor.author | Raghavan, R. S. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Minic, Djordje | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Takeuchi, Tatsu | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Tze, C. H. | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Center for Neutrino Physics | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-18T23:39:39Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2016-10-18T23:39:39Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-10 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | We discuss a direct test of the relation of time and energy in the very long-lived decay of tritium (H3) (meanlife \tau ~ 18 yrs) with the width \Gamma ~ 10^{-24} eV [set by the time-energy uncertainty (TEU)], using the newfound possibility of resonance reactions H3 \leftrightarrow He3 with \Delta E/E ~ 5x10^{-29}. The TEU is a keystone of quantum mechanics, but probed for the first time in this extreme time-energy regime. Forestalling an apparent deviation from the TEU, we discuss the ramifications and a possible generalization of the TEU as \Delta E \Delta t > (\hbar/2)[1+(\Delta t/T)^n] where \Delta t = \tau is the time of measurement (the lifetime of the state), T=L/c the time for light to cross the Universe ~ 3x10^{18} s, and n a parameter subject to future measurements. (by R. S. Raghavan.) | en |
| dc.description.notes | 16 pages latex, 1 pdf figure. Contribution to the Virginia Tech Symposium on the Life and Science of Dr. Raju Raghavan | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/73245 | en |
| dc.relation.uri | http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.5639v1 | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | hep-ph | en |
| dc.title | Using Neutrinos to test the Time-Energy Uncertainty Relation in an Extreme Regime | en |
| dc.type | Conference proceeding | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/All T&R Faculty | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/Science | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/Science/COS T&R Faculty | en |
| pubs.organisational-group | /Virginia Tech/Science/Physics | en |