Dwell time and asymptotic behavior of the probability density

J. G. Muga, V. Delgado, and R. F. Snider
Phys. Rev. B 52, 16381 – Published 15 December 1995
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Abstract

The asymptotic long-time behavior of the probability density in a collision of a particle with several model potentials is analyzed. In all cases the observed dependence is an inverse cubic power of time. This assures the existence of the dwell time as a meaningful finite quantity.

  • Received 7 September 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.52.16381

©1995 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

J. G. Muga and V. Delgado

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

R. F. Snider

  • Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1

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Vol. 52, Iss. 23 — 15 December 1995

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