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The uncertainty relation can be stated in terms of an area in phase space in the Wigner phase space representation of quantum mechanics. Since Lorentz boosts are area-preserving canonical transformations in the phase space of the light-cone variables, it is possible to state the uncertainty relation in a Lorentz-invariant manner. It is shown that Feynman’s parton picture is one of the observable effects of this Lorentz-invariant uncertainty relation.
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Kim, Y.S. (1989). Observable Effects of the Uncertainty Relations in the Covariant Phase Space Representation of Quantum Mechanics. In: Kafatos, M. (eds) Bell’s Theorem, Quantum Theory and Conceptions of the Universe. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 37. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0849-4_21
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