How to make a Heisenberg compensator. (warning: i am not a physicist.)?

Question

Has any pop-physicist ever therorized how the Heisenberg Compensators (transporters in Star Trek) could work?

I have been thinking that if the whole problem is not knowing where and when an ataom will be at any moment in time, couldnt some sort of compensator solve the problem via super-fast binary computing, you know like --IF atom here, THEN rematerialize there, IF atom there, THEN rematerialize here.... and so on... Doesn't that work in theory???

Also are there physicist who seriously question Heisenberg's uncertainty principle or is this canon (as much as say gravity is)

Answer 1

The Heisenberg uncertainty principle is one of the fundamental effects of quantum theory; it arises because of the duality of wave representation and particle representation of atomic particles. The result is that the product of the uncertainty of the position and momentum of an atomic particle cannot be less than a certain number (Planck's constant). So a gadget of the Star Trek sort is theoretically impossible.

Answer 2

The Heisenberg compensator (or Subspace Field Compensator) is a component of the transporter system. The compensator works around the problems caused by the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (hence the name), allowing the transporter sensors to compensate for their inability to determine both the position and momentum of the target particles to the same degree of accuracy. This ensures the matter stream remains coherent during transport, and no data is lost. A scan of the heisenberg compensators, to make sure they perform within the specified parameters, can be performed by raising the transporter pad. (TNG: "Realm of Fear") While trying to devise a way to transport holographic matter off the holodeck without it disintegrating instantly, the idea was put forth that decoupling the Heisenberg compensators might let the matter reform normally, although the suggestion was used as a stalling tactic against Professor James Moriarty, and the idea had never actually been tried before. (TNG: "Ship in a Bottle")

Answer 3

You'll have to pay a good Mystic to get you in touch with Gene Roddenberry........ ☺

Doug