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| author | Goldstein, Sheldon Tumulka, Roderich Zanghì, Nino |
| author_facet | Goldstein, Sheldon Tumulka, Roderich Zanghì, Nino |
| contents | How to compute the probability distribution of a detection time, i.e., of the time which a detector registers as the arrival time of a quantum particle, is a long-debated problem. In this regard, Bohmian mechanics provides in a straightforward way the distribution of the time at which the particle actually does arrive at a given surface in 3-space in the absence of detectors. However, as we discuss here, since the presence of detectors can change the evolution of the wave function and thus the particle trajectories, it cannot be taken for granted that the arrival time of the Bohmian trajectories in the absence of detectors agrees with the one in the presence of detectors, and even less with the detection time. In particular, we explain why certain distributions that Das and Dürr [arXiv:1802.07141] presented as the distribution of the detection time in a case with spin, based on assuming that all three times mentioned coincide, is actually not what Bohmian mechanics predicts. |
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| spellingShingle | Arrival Times Versus Detection Times Goldstein, Sheldon Tumulka, Roderich Zanghì, Nino Quantum Physics How to compute the probability distribution of a detection time, i.e., of the time which a detector registers as the arrival time of a quantum particle, is a long-debated problem. In this regard, Bohmian mechanics provides in a straightforward way the distribution of the time at which the particle actually does arrive at a given surface in 3-space in the absence of detectors. However, as we discuss here, since the presence of detectors can change the evolution of the wave function and thus the particle trajectories, it cannot be taken for granted that the arrival time of the Bohmian trajectories in the absence of detectors agrees with the one in the presence of detectors, and even less with the detection time. In particular, we explain why certain distributions that Das and Dürr [arXiv:1802.07141] presented as the distribution of the detection time in a case with spin, based on assuming that all three times mentioned coincide, is actually not what Bohmian mechanics predicts. |
| title | Arrival Times Versus Detection Times |
| topic | Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.04607 |