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
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.042107;
- arXiv
- arXiv:quant-ph/0510081v1;
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
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2005 The American Physical Society