Instantaneous spreading and Einstein causality in quantum theory
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Instantaneous spreading and Einstein causality in quantum theory
In nonrelativistic quantum mechanics the wave-function of a free particle which initially is in a ÿnite volume immediately spreads to inÿnity. In a nonrelativistic theory this is of no concern, but we show that the same instantaneous spreading can occur in relativistic quantum theory and that transition probabilities in widely separated systems may instantaneously become nonzero. We discuss how...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annalen der Physik
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0003-3804,1521-3889
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3889(199812)7:7/8<716::aid-andp716>3.0.co;2-t