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- How does momentum-position uncertainty come into play in a detector (eg http://cms.web.cern.ch/news/muon-detectors) that allows you to trace out a particle's path?
I have a bit of confusion regarding the application of the uncertainty principle in the context of experiments.
If a detector allows you to measure a particle's path through said detector, does that mean that you know a particle's position at all points in time, and are able to work out its momentum at any point by analysing its trajectory as a function of time?
If a detector allows you to measure a particle's path through said detector, does that mean that you know a particle's position at all points in time, and are able to work out its momentum at any point by analysing its trajectory as a function of time?