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"few nanoseconds or less"

First, the timing depends on the energy gap value. Second, it is generally not correct to suggest a picture like

  • the "↑" state before T0
  • transition started at T0
  • intermediate state between T0 and T1
  • transition ended at T1
  • the "↓" state after T1.

In the Schrödinger picture, we will always see some superposed state with the ↑ amplitude gradually decreasing and ↓ amplitude increasing. More general, the moment of a transition is always uncertain, and speculation such as "transition started at… and ended at…" do not have a sense. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 20:03, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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