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Relativistic free-motion time-of-arrival theory for massive spin-1/2 particles is systematically developed. Contrary to the nonrelativistic time-of-arrival operator studied thoroughly in previous literatures, the relativistic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Zhi-Yong Wang , Cai-Dong Xiong

We derive some Quantum Central Limit Theorems for expectation values of macroscopically coarse-grained observables, which are functions of coarse-grained hermitean operators. Thanks to the hermicity constraints, we obtain positive-definite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-06 Tien D. Kieu

The problem of detection time distribution concerns a quantum particle surrounded by detectors and consists of computing the probability distribution of where and when the particle will be detected. While the correct answer can be obtained…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-19 Roderich Tumulka

This work proposes an answer to a challenge posed by Bell on the lack of clarity in regards to the line between the quantum and classical regimes in a measurement problem. To this end, a generalized logarithmic nonlinear Schr\"odinger…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Antonio B. Nassar , Salvador Miret-Artés

We solve for the statistics of the first detection of a quantum system in a particular desired state, when the system is subject to a projective measurement at independent identically distributed random time intervals. We present formulas…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-05 David A. Kessler , Eli Barkai , Klaus Ziegler

Probabilistic description of results of measurements and its consequences for understanding quantum mechanics are discussed. It is shown that the basic mathematical structure of quantum mechanics like the probability amplitudes, Born rule,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Skala , V. Kapsa

The Bohmian interpretation of quantum mechanics adds particle trajectories to the wave function and ensures that the probability distribution of the particle positions agrees with quantum mechanics at any time. This is not sufficient to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-03-24 Michael Zirpel

Universality of motion under gravity, the equivalence principle, is violated for quantum particles. Here, we study time it takes for a quantum particle to scatter from the gravitational potential, and show that the scattering time,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-29 Durmus Demir

An operational arrival-time distribution is defined as the distribution of detection times of the first photons emitted by two level atoms in resonance with a perpendicular laser beam in a time of flight experiment. For ultracold Cesium…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. G. Muga , A. D. Baute , J. A. Damborenea , I. L. Egusquiza

It is notorious that quantum mechanics cannot predict well-defined values for all physical quantities. Less well-known, however, is the fact that quantum mechanics is unable to furnish -- without additional assumptions -- probabilistic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-24 Matheus V. Scherer , Alexandre D. Ribeiro , Renato M. Angelo

The double-slit experiment is one of the quintessential quantum experiments. However, it tends to be overlooked that a theoretical account of this experiment requires the specification of the joint position and time distribution of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-30 Siddhant Das , Dirk-André Deckert , Leopold Kellers , Simon Krekels , Ward Struyve

The uncertainty principle is one of the characteristic properties of quantum theory, where it signals the incompatibility of two types of measurements. In this paper, we argue that measurements of time-of-arrival $T_x$ at position $x$ and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-12 Mathieu Beau , Lionel Martellini

We propose a general quantum theory of optical phase and instantaneous frequency in the time domain for slowly varying optical signals. Guided by classical estimation theory, we design homodyne phase-locked loops that enable quantum-limited…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-18 Mankei Tsang , Jeffrey H. Shapiro , Seth Lloyd

Complexified Lienard-Wiechert potentials simplify the mathematics of Kerr-Newman particles. Here we constrain them by fiat to move along Bohmian trajectories to see if anything interesting occurs, as their equations of motion are not known.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-17 Mark Davidson

It is often argued that measurable predictions of Bohmian mechanics cannot be distinguished from those of a theory with arbitrarily modified particle velocities satisfying the same equivariance equation. By considering the wave function of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-10 H. Nikolic

We study the transport of many partially distinguishable and possibly interacting particles under the action of repeated projective measurements on a target space and investigate how the particles' interference affects the mean first…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-10 Christoph Dittel , Niklas Neubrand , Felix Thiel , Andreas Buchleitner

The use of Bohmian mechanics as a practical tool for modeling non-relativistic quantum phenomena of matter provides clear evidence of its success, not only as a way to interpret the foundations of quantum mechanics, but also as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Juan José Seoane , Abdelilah Benali , Xavier Oriols

In quantum theory we refer to the probability of finding a particle between positions $x$ and $x+dx$ at the instant $t$, although we have no capacity of predicting exactly when the detection occurs. In this work, first we present an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 Eduardo O. Dias , Fernando Parisio

Quantum mechanical scattering theory is a subject with a long and winding history. We shall pick out some of the most important concepts and ideas of scattering theory and look at them from the perspective of Bohmian mechanics: Bohmian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Daumer

Possible theoretical frameworks for measurement of (arrival) time in the nonrelativistic quantum mechanics are reviewed. It is argued that the ambiguity between indirect measurements by a suitably introduced time operator and direct…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Piret Kuusk , Madis Koiv