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Physics

Energy-Time Uncertainty Relation

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The energy-time uncertainty relation implies that a particle can 'borrow' energy briefly; the shorter the time, the more it can borrow, enabling phenomena like quantum tunneling and virtual particles.

Why this is interesting

You can know the exact energy of a particle, but only if you wait forever—why?