Subtleties in Quantum Mechanical Metastability
Quantum Physics
2008-02-03 v2 Condensed Matter
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We present a detailed discussion of some features of quantum mechanical metastability. We analyze the nature of decaying (quasistationary) states and the regime of validity of the exponencial law, as well as decays at finite temperature. We resort to very simple systems and elementary techniques to emphasize subtle aspects of the problem.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9608039,
title = {Subtleties in Quantum Mechanical Metastability},
author = {R. M. Cavalcanti and C. A. A. de Carvalho},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9608039},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
8 pages, revtex, a few minor changes, some references added