Quantum time delay for unitary operators: general theory

DOI10.1142/S0129055X19500181zbMATH Open1437.81023arXiv1812.10718WikidataQ128627458 ScholiaQ128627458MaRDI QIDQ5207967FDOQ5207967

Authors: Diomba Sambou, Rafael Tiedra de Aldecoa 

Publication date: 14 January 2020

Published in: Reviews in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a suitable framework for the definition of quantum time delay in terms of sojourn times for unitary operators in a two-Hilbert spaces setting. We prove that this time delay defined in terms of sojourn times (time-dependent definition) exists and coincides with the expectation value of a unitary analogue of the Eisenbud-Wigner time delay operator (time-independent definition). Our proofs rely on a new summation formula relating localisation operators to time operators and on various tools from functional analysis such as Mackey's imprimititvity theorem, Trotter-Kato Formula and commutator methods for unitary operators. Our approach is general and model-independent.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.10718

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum mechanicsscattering theoryunitary operatorsquantum time delay

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics (46N50) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Nonselfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory including creation and destruction operators (81Q12) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) Scattering theory of linear operators (47A40)

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