Time-of-arrival distribution for arbitrary potentials and Wigner's time-energy uncertainty relation

被引:57
作者
Baute, AD [1 ]
Mayato, RS
Palao, JP
Muga, JG
Egusquiza, IL
机构
[1] Univ La Laguna, Dept Fis Fundamental 2, Tenerife, Spain
[2] Univ Basque Country, Dept Quim Fis, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
[3] Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Fis Teorikoaren Saila, Bilbao, Spain
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2000年 / 61卷 / 02期
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.61.022118
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A realization of the concept of "crossing state" invoked, but not implemented, by Wigner, allows advancement in two important aspects of the formalization of the time of arrival in quantum mechanics: (i) For free motion, we find that the limitations described by Aharonov et al. in Phys. Rev. A 57, 4130 (1998) for the time-of-arrival uncertainty at low energies for certain measurement models an in fact already present in the intrinsic time-of-arrival distribution of Kijowski Pi(K); (ii) We have also found a covariant generalization of this distribution for arbitrary potentials and positions.
引用
收藏
页数:5
相关论文
共 20 条
[1]   Measurement of time of arrival in quantum mechanics [J].
Aharonov, Y ;
Oppenheim, J ;
Popescu, S ;
Reznik, B ;
Unruh, WG .
PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 1998, 57 (06) :4130-4139
[2]   TIME IN QUANTUM THEORY AND UNCERTAINTY RELATION FOR TIME AND ENERGY [J].
AHARONOV, Y ;
BOHM, D .
PHYSICAL REVIEW, 1961, 122 (05) :1649-&
[3]   TIME-ENERGY UNCERTAINTY RELATION [J].
BAUER, M ;
MELLO, PA .
ANNALS OF PHYSICS, 1978, 111 (01) :38-60
[4]   SYSTEMATIC-APPROACH TO DEFINE AND CLASSIFY QUANTUM TRANSMISSION AND REFLECTION TIMES [J].
BROUARD, S ;
SALA, R ;
MUGA, JG .
PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 1994, 49 (06) :4312-4325
[5]   ON THE ENERGY TIME UNCERTAINTY RELATION .2. PRAGMATIC TIME VERSUS ENERGY INDETERMINACY [J].
BUSCH, P .
FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS, 1990, 20 (01) :33-43
[6]   ON THE ENERGY TIME UNCERTAINTY RELATION .1. DYNAMICAL TIME AND TIME INDETERMINACY [J].
BUSCH, P .
FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS, 1990, 20 (01) :1-32
[7]   Probability distribution of arrival times in quantum mechanics [J].
Delgado, V .
PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 1998, 57 (02) :762-770
[8]   Arrival time in quantum mechanics [J].
Delgado, V ;
Muga, JG .
PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 1997, 56 (05) :3425-3435
[9]   Positive-operator-valued time observable in quantum mechanics [J].
Giannitrapani, R .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS, 1997, 36 (07) :1575-1584
[10]   Time of arrival in quantum mechanics [J].
Grot, N ;
Rovelli, C ;
Tate, RS .
PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 1996, 54 (06) :4676-4690