Context-Dependent Time-Energy Uncertainty Relations from Projective Quantum Measurements

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.23059v2
• Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2025 01:11:57 GMT
• Title: Context-Dependent Time-Energy Uncertainty Relations from Projective Quantum Measurements
• Authors: Mathieu Beau,
• Abstract summary: We introduce a general framework for defining context-dependent time distributions in quantum systems using projective measurements.<n>We demonstrate the framework with two applications: a general time-of-arrival (TOA)-energy uncertainty relation and a driven three-level system under detuned coherent driving.
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• Abstract: We introduce a general framework for defining context-dependent time distributions in quantum systems using projective measurements. The time-of-flow (TF) distribution, derived from population transfer rates into a measurement subspace, yields a time--energy uncertainty relation of the form $\Delta \mathcal{T} \cdot \Delta H \geq \hbar / (6\sqrt{3}) \cdot \delta\theta$, where $\delta\theta$ quantifies net population transfer. This bound applies to arbitrary projectors under unitary dynamics and reveals that time uncertainty is inherently measurement-dependent. We demonstrate the framework with two applications: a general time-of-arrival (TOA)-energy uncertainty relation and a driven three-level system under detuned coherent driving. The TF framework unifies timing observables across spin, atomic, and matter-wave systems, and offers an experimentally accessible route to probing quantum timing in controlled measurements.

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