arXiv:1106.1065

WKB - Not So Bad After All

C. S. Ng

Published Jun 3, 2011• 0 citations

Abstract

It was found recently that tunneling probabilities over a barrier is roughly twice as large as that given by standard WKB formula. Here we explained how this come from and showed that WKB method does give a good approximation over almost entire energy range provided that we use appropriate connection relations.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1106.1065

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