Point particle of point charges cannot be maintained in an equilibrium configuration solely by the electrostatic interaction of the charges. In quantum mechanics, there is a distinction between an elementary particle (also called "point particle") and a composite particle. An elementary particle, such as an electron, quark, or photon, is a particle with no internal structure. Whereas a composite particle, such as a proton or neutron, has an internal structure (see figure). However, neither elementary nor composite particles are spatially localized, because of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. The particle wavepacket always occupies a nonzero volume. For example, see atomic orbital: The electron
Particle in a box which is proportional to formula_44. The variance in the position is a measure of the uncertainty in position of the particle: The probability density for finding a particle with a given momentum is derived from the wavefunction as formula_46. As with position, the probability density for finding the particle at a given momentum depends upon its state, and is given by where, again, formula_33. The expectation value for the momentum is then calculated to be zero, and the variance in the momentum is calculated to be: The uncertainties in position and momentum (formula_50 and formula_51) are defined as being equal