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Questioning the adequacy of certain quantum arrival-time distributions

Quantum Physics 2023-03-10 v1

Abstract

It is shown that a class of exponentially decaying time-of-arrival probability distributions suggested by W{\l}odarz, Marchewka and Schuss, and Jurman and Nikoli\'c, as well as a semiclassical distribution implicit in time-of-flight momentum measurements, do not show the expected behavior for a Gaussian wave train. This casts doubts on the physical adequacy of these arrival-time proposals. In contrast, the quantum flux distribution (a special case of the Bohmian arrival-time distribution) displays the expected behavior.

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@article{arxiv.2105.14744,
  title  = {Questioning the adequacy of certain quantum arrival-time distributions},
  author = {Siddhant Das and Ward Struyve},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.14744},
  year   = {2023}
}

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6 pages, 3 figures

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