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Phys. Rev. A 66, 044101 (2002) [3 pages]

Time of occurrence observable in quantum mechanics

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R. Brunetti1 and K. Fredenhagen2
1Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università Napoli “Federico II,” Com. Univ. Monte Sant’Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
2II Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, 149 Luruper Chaussee, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany

Received 20 March 2002; published 4 October 2002

We propose a general construction of an observable measuring the time of occurrence of an effect in quantum theory. Time delay in potential scattering theory is computed as a straightforward application.

© 2002 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.66.044101
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.66.044101
PACS:
03.65.Xp, 03.65.Ta, 03.65.Ca, 03.65.Nk