IMPLICATIONS OF THE NONCROSSING PROPERTY OF BOHM TRAJECTORIES IN ONE-DIMENSIONAL TUNNELING CONFIGURATIONS

Several practical implications of the noncrossing property of one-dime nsional Bohm trajectories are examined, It is shown that the position of a Bohm particle, the average transmission, reflection and dwell tim es, and thr probability distribution of these tunneling times, can all be obtained without actually calculating trajectories. On the other h and, the intuitive interpretation of the scattering of wave packers by potential barriers is discussed within the framework of Bohm's interp retation of quantum mechanics, In this regard, claims that Bohm`s appr oach lends to counterintuitive results art shown to be subjective.