Preparational uncertainty relations for \(N\) continuous variables (Q515468)

Summary: A smooth function of the second moments of \(N\) continuous variables gives rise to an uncertainty relation if it is bounded from below. We present a method to systematically derive such bounds by generalizing an approach applied previously to a single continuous variable. New uncertainty relations are obtained for multi-partite systems that allow one to distinguish entangled from separable states. We also investigate the geometry of the ``uncertainty region'' in the \(N(2N+1)\)-dimensional space of moments. It is shown to be a convex set, and the points on its boundary are found to be in one-to-one correspondence with pure Gaussian states of minimal uncertainty. For a single degree of freedom, the boundary can be visualized as one sheet of a ``Lorentz-invariant'' hyperboloid in the three-dimensional space of second moments.