TIME OF ARRIVAL IN QUANTUM-MECHANICS

Authors
MUGA JG BROUARD S MACIAS D
Citation
Jg. Muga et al., TIME OF ARRIVAL IN QUANTUM-MECHANICS, Annals of physics, 240(2), 1995, pp. 351-366
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Annals of physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034916
Volume
240
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
351 - 366
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4916(1995)240:2<351:TOAIQ>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
An expression for the quantum time of arrival based on the current den sity is discussed and justified operationally by means of complex pote ntials that absorb the incoming wave in a finite distance without refl ection or transmission. Previous arguments denying the possibility of defining the time of arrival in quantum mechanics are refuted. (C) 199 5 Academic Press, Inc.