Time of Arrival from Bohmian Flow
Quantum Physics
2010-11-15 v2 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We develop a new conception for the quantum mechanical arrival time distribution from the perspective of Bohmian mechanics. A detection probability for detectors sensitive to quite arbitrary spacetime domains is formulated. Basic positivity and monotonicity properties are established. We show that our detection probability improves and generalises earlier proposals by Leavens and McKinnon. The difference between the two notions is illustrated through application to a free wave packet.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0202084,
title = {Time of Arrival from Bohmian Flow},
author = {Gebhard Gruebl and Klaus Rheinberger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0202084},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
18 pages, 8 figures, to appear in Journ. Phys. A; representation of ref. 5 improved (thanks to Rick Leavens)