Time in Quantum Mechanics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Muga, J.G (Editor), Mayato, R. Sala (Editor), Egusquiza, Í.L (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 734
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum physics.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Quantum Physics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

The treatment of time in quantum mechanics is still an important and challenging open question in the foundation of the quantum theory. This book describes the problems, and the attempts and achievements in defining, formalizing and measuring different time quantities in quantum theory, such as the...

Table of Contents:

• Characteristic Times in One-Dimensional Scattering
• The Time–Energy Uncertainty Relation
• Jump Time and Passage Time: The Duration ofs a Quantum Transition
• Bohm Trajectory Approach to Timing Electrons
• Decoherent Histories for Space–Time Domains
• Quantum Traversal Time, Path Integrals and “Superluminal” Tunnelling
• Quantum Clocks and Stopwatches
• The Local Larmor Clock, Partial Densities of States, and Mesoscopic Physics
• “Standard” Quantum–Mechanical Approach to Times of Arrival
• Experimental Issues in Quantum–Mechanical Time Measurement
• Microwave Experiments on Tunneling Time
• The Two-State Vector Formalism: An Updated Review.