A Note on the tunneling time problem

Sep, 1990
11 pages
Published in:
  • Annals Phys. 210 (1991) 380-387
Report number:
  • MIT-CTP-1895

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
A remarkable feature of barrier penetration in quantum theory is that a particle tunneling through a barrier appears to do so in zero time. We analyze the conditions that would make possible an actual measurement of an anomalously short traversal time and conclude that such a measurement cannot be made.
  • tunneling: time
  • time: measurement
  • potential
  • wave function