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“Standard” Quantum Mechanical Approach to Times of Arrival

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Time in Quantum Mechanics

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As we already pointed out in the introduction, the understanding of time observables in quantum mechanics has been hindered by the early appreciation that there could be no such “observable” in the standard, von Neumann formalism. A statement of such a view is that provided by Pauli [[1]], whereby a self-adjoint positive operator cannot have a self-adjoint conjugate operator.

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  1. Fisika Teorikoaren Saila, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, 644 Posta Kutxa, 48080, Bilbao, Spain

    Iñigo L. Egusquiza & Andrés D. Baute

  2. Dpto. de Química Física, Universidad del País Vasco, Apdo. 644, 48080, Bilbao, Spain

    J. Gonzalo Muga & Andrés D. Baute

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  2. Departamento de Física Fundamental II, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna (S/C de Tenerife), Spain

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  3. Fisika Teorikoaren Saila Zientzi Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, 644 P.K., Bilbao, Spain

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Egusquiza, I.L., Gonzalo Muga, J., Baute, A.D. (2002). “Standard” Quantum Mechanical Approach to Times of Arrival. In: Muga, J.G., Mayato, R.S., Egusquiza, I.L. (eds) Time in Quantum Mechanics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 72. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45846-8_10

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