Arrival time in quantum field theory
arXiv:0711.2011 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2008.07.069
Abstract
Via the proper-time eigenstates (event states) instead of the proper-mass eigenstates (particle states), free-motion time-of-arrival theory for massive spin-1/2 particles is developed at the level of quantum field theory. The approach is based on a position-momentum dual formalism. Within the framework of field quantization, the total time-of-arrival is the sum of the single event-of-arrival contributions, and contains zero-point quantum fluctuations because the clocks under consideration follow the laws of quantum mechanics.
15 pages, A detailed version with a appendix, to be published in Physics Letters B
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