Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2001-06-23
Physics
Quantum Physics
30 pages, 5 png figures; the paper is thoroughly rewritten
Scientific paper
We develop a new variant of the wave-packet analysis and solve the tunneling time problem for one particle. Our approach suggests an individual asymptotic description of the quantum subensembles of transmitted and reflected particles both at the final and initial stage of tunneling. We find the initial states of both subensembles, which are non-orthogonal. The latter reflects ultimately the fact that at the initial stage of tunneling it is impossible to predict whether a particle will be transmitted through or reflected off the barrier. At the same time, in this case, one can say about the to-be-transmitted and to-be-reflected subensembles of particles. We show that before the interaction of the incident packet with the barrier both the number of particles and the expectation value of the particle's momentum are constant for each subensemble. Besides, these asymptotic quantities coincide with those of the corresponding scattered subensemble. On the basis of this formalism we define individual delay times for both scattering channels. Taking into account the spreading of wave packets, we define the low bound of the scattering time to describe the whole quantum ensemble of particles. All three characteristic times are derived in terms of the expectation values of the position and momentum operators. The condition which must be fulfilled for completed scattering events is derived. We propose also the scheme of a {\it gedanken} experiment that allows one to verify our approach.
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