2002
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/35/12/313
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Time of arrival from Bohmian flow

Abstract: We develop a new conception for the quantum mechanical arrival time distribution from the perspective of Bohmian mechanics. A detection probability for detectors sensitive to quite arbitrary spacetime domains is formulated. Basic positivity and monotonicity properties are established. We show that our detection probability improves and generalises an earlier proposal by Leavens and McKinnon. The difference between the two notions is illustrated through application to a free wave packet.

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“…A comprehensive review of studies on the arrival time problem until 2000 can be found in [22], while for more recent publications one can consult e.g. [147][148][149][150][151][152][153][154][155][156][157][158][159]. The concept of 'quantum delay time' (in scattering) was analyzed in [160][161][162].…”
Section: Arrival and Tunneling Timesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A comprehensive review of studies on the arrival time problem until 2000 can be found in [22], while for more recent publications one can consult e.g. [147][148][149][150][151][152][153][154][155][156][157][158][159]. The concept of 'quantum delay time' (in scattering) was analyzed in [160][161][162].…”
Section: Arrival and Tunneling Timesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To get a probability distribution from the current we have to clearly specify how to handle the crossings from behind the detector and the multiple crossings of the same trajectory. For example, one can count only the first time that every trajectory reaches the detector position, disregarding any further crossing, getting the so-called truncated current (Daumer et al, 1997;Grübl and Rheinberger, 2002).…”
Section: The Easy Derivation Again mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This subject remains mired in controversy, with various research groups proposing their own favorite candidates for the "time operator" while paying little attention to the proposals of the other groups. For an analysis of time measurements within the framework of Bohmian mechanics, see [20]; in this regard see also [57,58,59,47].…”
Section: The Extended Quantum Formalismmentioning
confidence: 99%