Operator-normalized quantum arrival times in the presence of interactions

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Hegerfeldt, G C ^a   Seidel, D ^a   Muga, J G ^b   Navarro, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; HARTMAN EFFECT; QUANTUM PARTICLES; WAVE PACKETS;

ATOMS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; LASER APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PHOTONS; SCATTERING;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 69649108260     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.012110     Document Type: Article

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