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Quantum time of flight and the adiabatic limit in scattering processes

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The author investigates the adiabatic limit of the exact quantum scattering problem. Various types of long-lived states are considered. The author demonstrates that the characteristic scattering time obtained from the adiabatic condition is not directly related to the quantum time of flight and that the difference between these two parameters can be quite large.

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  1. M. A. Bonch-Bruevich Electrical Engineering Institute of Communications, Leningrad

    D. G. Sokolovskii

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 52–58, March, 1988.

The author is grateful to L. M. Baskin for helpful discussions and D. V. Glazanov for computer calculations.

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Sokolovskii, D.G. Quantum time of flight and the adiabatic limit in scattering processes. Soviet Physics Journal 31, 217–222 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00898227

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