2021/03/17 by B. B. Levchenko, Levchenko, B. B.
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2103.09433
openalex publication_date 2021/03/17 · openalex created_date 2021/09/13 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In quantum field theory, virtual particles are carriers of relativistic wave fields, participate in vacuum fluctuations, and are a consequence of the implementation of the quantum uncertainty mechanism. Virtual particles, playing a fundamental role in our understanding and description of interaction processes, are themselves inaccessible to direct observation and measurement of their dynamic characteristics. We prove that the well-known Heisenberg uncertainty relations and Landau-Peierls uncertainty relations implicitly contain new "hidden" angular variables. On the basis of the relations obtained, we derive a formula for estimating the speed u of a virtual particle in indirect measurements. This formula is applicable in cases where the final state is characterized by an incomplete set of variables. Moreover, we present arguments that the speed of a virtual particle is a sensitive indicator of non-linearity of the process dynamics and propose a method for revealing the type of space-time geometry in the interaction region of high-energy particles.