On the quantum probability flux through surfaces.

DOI10.1023/B:JOSS.0000015181.86864.FBMaRDI QIDQ1285180zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Detlef Dürr, Sheldon Goldstein, Martin Daumer, Nino Zanghì

Publication date 1997

Published in Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9512016

zbMATH Keywords

Bohmian mechanicsescape time statistics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20) Stochastic quantization (81S20)

Abstract: We remark that the often ignored quantum probability current is fundamental for a genuine understanding of scattering phenomena and, in particular, for the statistics of the time and position of the first exit of a quantum particle from a given region, which may be simply expressed in terms of the current. This simple formula for these statistics does not appear as such in the literature. It is proposed that the formula, which is very different from the usual quantum mechanical measurement formulas, be verified experimentally. A full understanding of the quantum current and the associated formula is provided by Bohmian mechanics.

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