The problem of tunneling time associated with the passage of a particle through a tunneling barrier seems very simple. But it turns out to be very deceptive by the lack of a time operator and there is no clear consensus about simple expression for the tunneling time. In this paper we evaluate the tunneling time based on Nelson's quantum stochastic process approach. This approach describes the motion of a particle by a stochastic differentia1 equation and gives a sample paths. The ensemble of the paths reproduce the predictions given by ordinary quantum mechanics in an average. Each sample path has its own time dependent history， which enables us make a virtual quantum experiment. We formulate the tunneling time based on this approach and compare it with the Larmor time estimated from an experimental measurement of Larmor precession angles of tunneling neutrons.
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