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Generalizations of Kijowski's time-of-arrival distribution for interaction potentials

Quantum Physics 2017-02-16 v2

Abstract

Several proposals for a time-of-arrival distribution of ensembles of independent quantum particles subject to an external interaction potential are compared making use of the ``crossing state'' concept. It is shown that only one of them has the properties expected for a classical distribution in the classical limit. The comparison is illustrated numerically with a collision of a Gaussian wave packet with an opaque square barrier.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0102005,
  title  = {Generalizations of Kijowski's time-of-arrival distribution for interaction potentials},
  author = {A. D. Baute and I. L. Egusquiza and J. G. Muga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0102005},
  year   = {2017}
}

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5 inlined figures: some typo corrections