Seminario Fismat | Rafael Tiedra de Aldecoa (PUC)

Quantum time delay for unitary propagators

Abstract

We give the definition of quantum time delay in terms of sojourn times for unitary propagators in a two-Hilbert spaces setting. We prove that this time delay defined in terms of sojourn times (time-dependent definition) exists and coincides with the expectation value of a unitary analogue of the Eisenbud-Wigner time delay operator (time-independent definition). Our proofs rely on a new summation formula relating localisation operators to time operators and on various tools from functional analysis such as Mackey's imprimititvity theorem, Trotter-Kato Formula and commutator methods for unitary operators. Joint work with Diomba Sambou (PUC).