Quantum measurements and delays in scattering by zero-range potentials

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.06289v1
• Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:50:34 GMT
• Title: Quantum measurements and delays in scattering by zero-range potentials
• Authors: X. Guti\'errez de la Cal, M. Pons and D. Sokolovksi
• Abstract summary: Eisenbud-Wigner-Smith delay and the Larmor time give different estimates for the duration of a quantum scattering event. The difference is most pronounced in the case where de-Broglie wavelength is large compared to the size of the scatterer.
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• Abstract: Eisenbud-Wigner-Smith delay and the Larmor time give different estimates for the duration of a quantum scattering event. The difference is most pronounced in the case where de-Broglie wavelength is large compared to the size of the scatterer. We use the methods of quantum measurement theory to analyse both approaches, and to decide which one of them, if any, describes the duration a particle spends in the region which contains the scattering potential. The cases of transmission, reflection and three-dimensional elastic scattering are discussed in some detail.

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