Published August 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

A strange weak value in spontaneous pair productions via a supercritical step potential

  • 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/10.1088/1367-2630/14/8/083021

Additional details

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