On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 3:59 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 4/15/2020 10:37 PM, Alan Grayson wrote: > > > Can you give a concrete example where the time-energy form of the UP can > be applied to? I once had an example, but can't recall what it was. TIA, AG > > > It's used all the time in interpreting collision spectra in particle > physics. A sharp resonant line in the energy spectrum implies the > generation of a long live particle, while a broad line implies a short > lifetime. > But that is applying a generalised UP to an ensemble of similar short-lived particles. There is no significant uncertainty in the energy of each particle, although it may be uncertain when it will decay. Bruce -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLRk-UFkr0-jxU3rzfq5wt0tNafjOepnXARMvp2okmfg4A%40mail.gmail.com.
