Interpretation of Electron Tunneling from Uncertainty Principle

2005/07/25 by Angik Sarkar, Sarkar, Angik, T. K. Bhattacharyya +1
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0507239

3 pages,1 figure

arxiv created 2005/07/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

Beginners studying quantum mechanics are often baffled with electron tunneling.Hence an easy approach for comprehension of the topic is presented here on the basis of uncertainty principle.An estimate of the tunneling time is also derived from the same method.

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