Temperature Dependent Zeno Time for a Two Level Atom Traversing through a Thermal Magnetic Barrier in the Framework of Weak Measurement

Samyadeb Bhattacharya¹, Sisir Roy^2*

¹Physics and Applied Mathematics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.
²National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India.

DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2015.69131                

Abstract

The Zeno time has been calculated for a metastable two-level atom tunneling through a interacting thermal magnetic field. The process of weak measurement has been utilized for the estimation of the timescale. Zeno time has been shown to be temperature dependent. From the calculation it is evident that the Zeno time decreases with the increase of temperature. Moreover, the result restricts the Zeno time to a maximum limiting value, irrespective of how frequent the measurement process is.

Keywords

Zeno Time, Weak Measurement, Dissipative System, Thermal Magnetic Field

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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