Ambiguities of arrival-time distributions in quantum theory

J. Finkelstein
Phys. Rev. A 59, 3218 – Published 1 May 1999
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Abstract

We consider the definition that might be given, in quantum theory, to the time at which a particle arrives at a given place. We discuss an ambiguity that arises in three, but not in one, spatial dimensions. We first express this ambiguity within the ontology of Bohmian quantum theory, but we also show that it can be expressed independently of that ontology.

  • Received 29 September 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.59.3218

©1999 American Physical Society

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J. Finkelstein*

  • Department of Physics, San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192

  • *Participating guest at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Electronic address: JLFinkelstein@lbl.gov

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Vol. 59, Iss. 5 — May 1999

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