Published October 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Transition from discrete to continuous time-of-arrival distribution for a quantum particle

  • 1. Theoretical Physics, The University of the Basque Country, Apdo. 644, 48080 Bilbao (Spain)
  • 2. Departamento de Quimica Fisica, UPV-EHU, Apdo. 644, 48080 Bilbao (Spain)
  • 3. Theoretical Physics Group, National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 (Philippines)
  • 4. Theoretical Physics, University of the Basque Country, Apdo. 644, 48080 Bilbao (Spain)

Description

We show that the Kijowski distribution for time of arrivals in the entire real line is the limiting distribution of the time-of-arrival distribution in a confining box as its length increases to infinity. The dynamics of the confined time-of-arrival eigenfunctions is also numerically investigated and demonstrated that the eigenfunctions evolve to have point supports at the arrival point at their respective eigenvalues in the limit of arbitrarily large confining lengths, giving insight into the ideal physical content of the Kijowsky distribution

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
72
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 042107-042107.8
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37030950
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
DISTRIBUTION; EIGENFUNCTIONS; EIGENVALUES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS
Descriptors DEC
FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS

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