Relativistic Quantum Field Theory Approach to Wavepacket Tunneling: Lack of Superluminal Transmission
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.07160v1
- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 18:00:26 GMT
- Title: Relativistic Quantum Field Theory Approach to Wavepacket Tunneling: Lack of Superluminal Transmission
- Authors: M. Alkhateeb, X. Gutierrez de la Cal, M. Pons, D. Sokolovski, A. Matzkin,
- Abstract summary: We prove by linking the QFT property of micro-causality to the wavepacket behavior that the tunneling dynamics is fully causal.
In all cases (Klein tunneling or regular tunneling across a standard or a supercritical potential) the transmitted wavepacket remains in the causal envelope of the propagator.
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- Abstract: We investigate relativistic wavepacket dynamics for an electron tunneling through a potential barrier employing space-time resolved solutions to relativistic quantum field theory (QFT) equations. We prove by linking the QFT property of micro-causality to the wavepacket behavior that the tunneling dynamics is fully causal, precluding instantaneous or superluminal effects that have recently been reported in the literature. We illustrate these results by performing numerical computations for an electron tunneling through a potential barrier for standard tunneling as well for Klein tunneling. In all cases (Klein tunneling \ or regular tunneling across a standard or a supercritical potential) the transmitted wavepacket remains in the causal envelope of the propagator, even when its average position lies ahead of the average position of the corresponding freely propagated wavepacket.
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