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Published September 15, 1962 | Version public
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Concerning the notion of "time interval" in S-matrix theory

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The notion of time duration is considered within the framework of S-matrix theory. It is shown that Wigner's definition of the time delay, -ih[(dlnS/dE)], for a scattering process permits one to define time duration in a "coarse-grained" sense.

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©1962 The American Physical Society. Received 15 May 1962. This work was done partly under Air Force contract (M.L.G. and K.M.W.) and partly under the auspices of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (K.M.W.)

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