Time-of-arrival probabilities and quantum measurements. II. Application to tunneling times
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DOI10.1063/1.2837428zbMATH Open1153.81310arXiv0706.2492OpenAlexW2056141987MaRDI QIDQ3544600FDOQ3544600
Authors: Charis Anastopoulos, Ntina Savvidou 
Publication date: 8 December 2008
Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We formulate quantum tunneling as a time-of-arrival problem: we determine the detection probability for particles passing through a barrier at a detector located a distance L from the tunneling region. For this purpose, we use a Positive-Operator-Valued-Measure (POVM) for the time-of-arrival determined in quant-ph/0509020 [JMP 47, 122106 (2006)]. This only depends on the initial state, the Hamiltonian and the location of the detector. The POVM above provides a well-defined probability density and an unambiguous interpretation of all quantities involved. We demonstrate that for a class of localized initial states, the detection probability allows for an identification of tunneling time with the classic phase time. We also establish limits to the definability of tunneling time. We then generalize these results to a sequential measurement set-up: the phase space properties of the particles are determined by an unsharp sampling before their attempt to cross the barrier. For such measurements the tunneling time is defined as a genuine observable. This allows us to construct a probability distribution for its values that is definable for all initial states and potentials. We also identify a regime, in which these probabilities correspond to a tunneling-time operator.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.2492
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