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Positive-Operator-Valued Time Observable in Quantum Mechanics

Quantum Physics 2009-10-30 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We examine the longstanding problem of introducing a time observable in Quantum Mechanics; using the formalism of positive-operator-valued measures we show how to define such an observable in a natural way and we discuss some consequences.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9611015,
  title  = {Positive-Operator-Valued Time Observable in Quantum Mechanics},
  author = {Riccardo Giannitrapani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9611015},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

13 pages, LaTeX, no figures. Some minor changes, expanded the bibliography (now it is bigger than the one in the published version), changed the title and the style for publication on the International Journal of Theoretical Physics