Quantum backflow and scattering
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Publication:6284293
DOI10.1103/PHYSREVA.96.012112arXiv1703.04597MaRDI QIDQ6284293FDOQ6284293
Authors: Henning Bostelmann, Daniela Cadamuro, Gandalf Lechner 
Publication date: 14 March 2017
Abstract: Backflow is the phenomenon that the probability current of a quantum particle on the line can flow in the direction opposite to its momentum. In this article, previous investigations of backflow, pertaining to interaction-free dynamics or purely kinematical aspects, are extended to scattering situations in short-range potentials. It is shown that backflow is a universal quantum effect which exists in any such potential, and is always of bounded spatial extent in a specific sense. The effects of reflection and transmission processes on backflow are investigated, both analytically for general potentials, and numerically in various concrete examples.
Quantum scattering theory (81U99) Integral operators (47G10) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to quantum theory (81-04)
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