Chapter 39: Problem 47
A scientist has devised a new method of isolating individual particles. He claims that this method enables him to detect simultaneously the position of a particle along an axis with a standard deviation of 0.12 nm and its momentum component along this axis with a standard deviation of 3.0 \(\times\) 10\(^{-25}\) kg \(\bullet\) m/s. Use the Heisenberg uncertainty principle to evaluate the validity of this claim.
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