Published August 2012
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Journal article
A strange weak value in spontaneous pair productions via a supercritical step potential
Creators
- 1. Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531 (Japan)
Description
We consider a case when a weak value is introduced as a physical quantity rather than as an average of weak measurements. The case we treat is a time evolution of a particle by the 1 + 1-dimensional Dirac equation. In particular, in a spontaneous pair production via a supercritical step potential, a quantitative explanation can be given by a weak value for the group velocity of the particle. We also show that the condition for the pair production (supercriticality) corresponds to the condition when the weak value takes a strange value (superluminal velocity). (paper)
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/14/8/083021Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- New Journal of Physics
- Journal Volume
- 14
- Journal Issue
- 8
- Journal Page Range
- [11 p.]
- ISSN
- 1367-2630
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 44047221
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DIRAC EQUATION; EVOLUTION; PAIR PRODUCTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; VELOCITY
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; INTERACTIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; WAVE EQUATIONS