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Abstract: the quantum time of arrival (TOA) problem requires the statistics of measured arrival times given only the initial state of a particle. Following the standard framework of quantum theory, the problem translates into finding an appropriate quantum image of the classical arrival time, usually in operator form. In this paper, we consider the problem anew within the phase space formulation of quantum mechanics. The resulting quantum image is a real-valued and time-reversal symmetric function in formal series of ℏ² with the classical arrival time as the leading term. It is obtained directly from the Moyal bracket relation with the system Hamiltonian and is hence interpreted as a Moyal deformation of the classical TOA. We investigate its properties and discuss how it bypasses the known obstructions to quantization by showing the isomorphism between and the rigged Hilbert space TOA operator constructed in Pablico and Galapon [Eur. Phys. J. Plus 138, 153 (2023)], which always satisfy the time-energy canonical commutation relation for arbitrary analytic potentials. We then examine TOA problems for a free particle and a quartic oscillator potential as examples.
Abstract: It was shown in Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 170402 (2012) that quantum tunneling is instantaneous using a time-of-arrival (TOA) operator constructed by Weyl quantization of the classical TOA. However, there are infinitely many possible quantum images of the classical TOA, leaving it unclear if one is uniquely preferred over the others. This raises the question on whether instantaneous tunneling time is simply an artifact of the chosen ordering rule. Here, we demonstrate that tunneling time vanishes for all possible quantum images of the classical arrival time, irrespective of the ordering rule between the position and momentum observables. The result still holds for TOA-operators that are constructed independent of canonical quantization, while still imposing the correct algebra defined by the time-energy canonical commutation relation.
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- Phase Space Approach to Quantum Time of Arrival Problems (STIE-25-8)
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