How much time does a tunneling particle spend in the barrier region?

Jun, 1994
5 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 74 (1995) 2405-2409
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Abstract:
The question in the title may be answered by considering the outcome of a ``weak measurement'' in the sense of Aharonov et al. Various properties of the resulting time are discussed, including its close relation to the Larmor times. It is a universal description of a broad class of measurement interactions, and its physical implications are unambiguous.
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  • 5 pages; no figures