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Arrival time in quantum mechanics

Quantum Physics 2008-02-03 v2

Abstract

A self-adjoint operator with dimensions of time is explicitly constructed, and it is shown that its complete and orthonormal set of eigenstates can be used to define consistently a probability distribution of the time of arrival at a spatial point.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9704010,
  title  = {Arrival time in quantum mechanics},
  author = {V. Delgado and J. G. Muga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9704010},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

25 pages, LaTeX, no figures. A very minor correction to text