DO QUANTUM JUMPS OCCUR AT WELL-DEFINED MOMENTS OF TIME

Authors
GREENSTEIN G ZAJONC AG
Citation
G. Greenstein et Ag. Zajonc, DO QUANTUM JUMPS OCCUR AT WELL-DEFINED MOMENTS OF TIME, American journal of physics, 63(8), 1995, pp. 743-745
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
American journal of physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029505
Volume
63
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
743 - 745
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9505(1995)63:8<743:DQJOAW>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Shelved atom experiments appear to show clear evidence for quantum jum ps. We use a gedanken interference experiment to demonstrate that a fu ndamental temporal ambiguity in the photon time-of-emission occurs in such transitions. (C) 1995 American Association of Physics Teachers.