1990/03/01 by A. Cohn, Arthur Cohn, Mario Rabinowitz · 1 citation
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Classical mechanics #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Matter wave #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum mechanics #Quantum tunnelling #Rectangular potential barrier #Transmission (telecommunications) #Transmission coefficient #Wavelength #physics.class-ph #physics.gen-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/bf00673626
published as Int.J.Theor.Phys.29:215-223,1990 · 12 pages, 2 figures
openalex publication_date 1990/03/01 · arxiv created 2003/05/31 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
A classical representation of an extended body over barriers of height greater than the energy of the incident body is shown to have many features in common with quantum tunneling as the center-of-mass literally goes through the barrier. It is even classically possible to penetrate any finite barrier with a body of arbitrarily low energy if the body is sufficiently long. A distribution of body lengths around the de Broglie wavelength leads to reasonable agreement with the quantum transmission coefficient.