Uncertainty relation for non-Hermitian operators

TL;DR

This paper explores the Heisenberg uncertainty relation for non-Hermitian operators, providing equivalence results, refinements, and a dynamical analysis, extending the understanding of uncertainty principles beyond self-adjoint cases.

Contribution

It introduces a generalized framework for uncertainty relations involving non-Hermitian operators, including refinements and dynamical aspects, connecting to $ ext{γ}$-dynamics and symmetries.

Findings

Refined uncertainty inequalities for non-self-adjoint operators

Analysis of scalar product roles in uncertainty relations

Extension of results to self-adjoint operators as a special case

Abstract

In this paper we discuss some aspects of the Heisenberg uncertainty relation, mostly from the point of view of non self-adjoint operators. Some equivalence results, and some refinements of the inequality, are deduced, and some relevant examples are discussed. We also begin a sort of {\em dynamical analysis} of the relation, in connection with what has been recently called $\gamma$-{dynamics} and $\gamma$-symmetries, and we discuss in some details the role of different scalar products in our analysis. The case of self-adjoint operators is recovered as a special case of our general settings.