Why relativity allows quantum tunnelling to 'take no time'?
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
In quantum tunnelling, what appears an infinitely fast barrier traversal can be explained in terms of an Aharonov-like weak measurement of the tunnelling time, in which the role of the pointer is played by the particle's own coordinate. A relativistic wavepacket is shown to be reshaped through a series of subluminal shifts which together produce an anomalous 'superluminal' result.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0306153,
title = {Why relativity allows quantum tunnelling to 'take no time'?},
author = {D. Sokolovski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0306153},
year = {2007}
}
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