AN EXACT DETERMINATION OF THE MEAN DWELL TIME-BASED ON THE QUANTUM CLOCK OF SALECKER AND WIGNER

Authors
LEAVENS CR MCKINNON WR
Citation
Cr. Leavens et Wr. Mckinnon, AN EXACT DETERMINATION OF THE MEAN DWELL TIME-BASED ON THE QUANTUM CLOCK OF SALECKER AND WIGNER, Physics letters. A, 194(1-2), 1994, pp. 12-20
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
194
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
12 - 20
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1994)194:1-2<12:AEDOTM>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A modification of the Salecker-Wigner quantum clock leads to precisely the expected result for the mean dwell time. However, the mean transm ission and reflection times that apparently emerge naturally from the theoretical analysis can have unphysical properties. A relativistic an alysis using the Dirac equation supports this conclusion.