The minimal length and the Shannon entropic uncertainty relation

preprint2016arXivOpen access

Abstract

In the framework of the generalized uncertainty principle, the position and momentum operators obey the modified commutation relation [X,P]=iℏ(1+βP2)[X,P]=i\hbar\left(1+βP^2\right) where ββ is the deformation parameter. Since the validity of the uncertainty relation for the Shannon entropies proposed by Beckner, Bialynicki-Birula, and Mycieslki (BBM) depends on both the algebra and the used representation, we show that using the formally self-adjoint representation, i.e., X=xX=x and P=tan⁡(βp)/βP=\tan\left(\sqrtβp\right)/\sqrtβ where [x,p]=iℏ[x,p]=i\hbar, the BBM inequality is still valid in the form Sx+Sp≥1+ln⁡πS_x+S_p\geq1+\lnπ as well as in ordinary quantum mechanics. We explicitly indicate this result for the harmonic oscillator in the presence of the minimal length.

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