Published October 24, 1994
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Journal article
An exact determination of the mean dwell time based on the quantum clock of Salecker and Wigner
Creators
- 1. Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa (Canada)
Description
A modification of the Salecker-Wigner quantum clock leads to precisely the expected result for the mean dwell time. However, the mean transmission and reflection times that apparently emerge naturally from the theoretical analysis can have unphysical properties. A relativistic analysis using the Dirac equation supports this conclusion. ((orig.))
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. A
- Journal Volume
- 194
- Journal Issue
- 1-2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 12-20.
- ISSN
- 0375-9601
- CODEN
- PYLAAG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 26012189
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; DIRAC EQUATION; EIGENFUNCTIONS; HAMILTONIANS; PERTURBATION THEORY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REFLECTION; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION; TRANSMISSION; WAVE FUNCTIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENERGY RANGE; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MECHANICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; WAVE EQUATIONS