Two time localization

✍ Scribed by L.S Schulman

• Book ID: 102987847
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 980 KB
• Volume: 183
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-4916
• DOI: 10.1016/0003-4916(88)90236-9

✦ Synopsis

Although quantum evolution equations are first order in time it is possible to define a state through partial information at multiple times. We consider the specification of position at two times and for a given Hamiltonian seek the wavefunction that minimizes the sum of the spreads at those times. We also study the time dependence of that minimal spread for a variety of Hamiltonians and boundary conditions.