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.
Cite
@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