Time in Quantum Mechanics - Vol. 2

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Muga, Gonzalo (Editor), Ruschhaupt, Andreas (Editor), Campo, Adolfo del (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 789
• Subjects: Physics.; System theory.; Quantum physics.; Atoms.; Quantum optics.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Optics.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Complex Systems.; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.

The treatment of time in quantum mechanics continues to be a key challenge in the foundation of quantum theory. This book follows Time in Quantum Mechanics—Volume 1 and is the second volume to detail the problems, attempts and achievements in defining, formalizing and measuring different time quanti...

Table of Contents:

• Memories of Old Times: Schlick and Reichenbach on Time in Quantum Mechanics
• The Time-Dependent Schr#x00F6;dinger Equation Revisited: Quantum Optical and Classical Maxwell Routes to Schr#x00F6;dinger#x2019;s Wave Equation
• Post Pauli#x2019;s Theorem Emerging Perspective on Time in Quantum Mechanics
• Detector Models for the Quantum Time of Arrival
• Dwell-Time Distributions in Quantum Mechanics
• The Quantum Jump Approach and Some of Its Applications
• Causality in Superluminal Pulse Propagation
• Experiments on Quantum Transport of Ultra-Cold Atoms in Optical Potentials
• Quantum Post-Exponential Decay
• Timescales in Quantum Open Systems: Dynamics of Time Correlation Functions and Stochastic Quantum Trajectory Methods in Non-Markovian Systems
• Double-Slit Experiments in the Time Domain
• Optimal Time Evolution for Hermitian and Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians
• Atomic Clocks.