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Temporal behavior and quantum Zeno time of an excited state of the hydrogen atom

P. Facchi, S. Pascazio

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/9905017

Abstract

The quantum "Zeno" time of the 2P-1S transition of the hydrogen atom is computed and found to be approximately 3.59 10-15s (the lifetime is approximately 1.595 10-9s). The temporal behavior of this system is analyzed in a purely quantum field theoretical framework and is compared to the exponential decay law.

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