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Why doesn't this experiment violate the Uncertainity Principle?

Is it possible to slow an electron in such a way(for example using a cyclotron to decelerate the electron ) that it completely stops. And since we created the slowing mechanism we might be able to...

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Answer by magnon2020 for Why doesn't this experiment violate the Uncertainity...

Quantum mechanics states that an object in its lowest energetic state still has energy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_energy), so it would not be possible to slow the electron to zero...

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Answer by Physics Footnotes for Why doesn't this experiment violate the...

Firstly, as an aside, note that there is nothing special about bringing the electron to 'rest', as there is no such thing as absolute rest or motion. What you want to do is get the electron in a state...

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