Decay of Coherent Rotational States Subject to Random Quantum Measurements

摘要

The influence of the measurement apparatus on the gamma -decay of coherent rotational states is discussed. It is shown that the mathematical procedure, which has been devised to describe the decay of an unstable particle characterized by a unique quantum state, applies, with suitable changes, also to this case. For very small times, the decay probability still shows the pulses discussed in a previous paper where the influence of the environment was not taken into account. For large times, the interaction with the environment enforces a superposition of exponentials for the decay probability. (Atomindex citation 13:707120)