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Physica Scripta

Klein's Paradox and Its Resolution

Alex Hansen, F. Ravndal

Published Jun 1, 1981• 145 citations
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Abstract

Klein's paradox is resolved in simple diagrammatic terms arising from considerations of its analogue in classical relativistic mechanics. The same results are also obtained directly from standard operator methods of quantum field theory.
DOI
10.1088/0031-8949/23/6/002

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