Can the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle allow particles to travel faster than light?

In principle, yes, because the particle has a built-in uncertainty in its velocity, but the degree of violation is undetectable because its effect is hidden by the uncertainty principle itself. For very limited times and distances, electrons can exist outside their 'light cones', but only for a time and distance proscribed by the uncertainty principle. The effect is a quantum effect and is not detectable at our scale.


Copyright 1997 Dr. Sten Odenwald
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