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Article #4776Re: Quantum Zeno Effect, Part 1.
From: Robert Firth
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 12:07
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 12:07
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In article <1992Oct6.024752.20086@galois.mit.edu> jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez) writes: >Oh-oh, not this again. The point, as I have argued earlier, is that no >physically reasonable process can give EXACTLY exponential decay; very >general arguments show that there is a short "plateau" before the curve >approximates an exponential. Yes, there are several models of the decay process that predict a plateau. However, last time I checked, all of them predict that the length of time spent on this plateau is smaller than hbar/delta-E, which means the plateau is unobservable. If that's not so, I'd appreciate a correction.
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Newsgroups: sci.physics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!firth From: firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) Subject: Re: Quantum Zeno Effect, Part 1. Message-ID: <1992Oct6.120707.14830@sei.cmu.edu> Organization: Software Engineering Institute References: <1992Oct3.134653.20562@oracorp.com> <1992Oct5.123002.13912@sei.cmu.edu> <1992Oct6.024752.20086@galois.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 12:07:07 GMT Lines: 11