Arrival time in quantum mechanics

V. Delgado and J. G. Muga
Phys. Rev. A 56, 3425 – Published 1 November 1997
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Abstract

A self-adjoint operator with dimensions of time is explicitly constructed, and it is shown that its complete and orthonormal set of eigenstates can be used to define consistently a probability distribution of the time of arrival at a spatial point.

  • Received 9 April 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.56.3425

©1997 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

V. Delgado and J. G. Muga

  • Departamento de Física Fundamental y Experimental, Universidad de La Laguna, 38205-La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

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Original Article

Time of arrival in quantum mechanics

Norbert Grot, Carlo Rovelli, and Ranjeet S. Tate
Phys. Rev. A 54, 4676 (1996)

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Vol. 56, Iss. 5 — November 1997

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