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Oxford University Press eBooks

Tunnelling

Peter Joshua Atkins, Julio de Paula, Ronald Friedman

Published Dec 12, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

Contents The rectangular potential energy barrier 80 Brief illustration 10.1: Transmission probabilities for a rectangular barrier 83 The Eckart potential energy barrier 83 Brief illustration 10.2: Transmission probabilities for an Eckart barrier 84 The double-well potential 85 Brief illustration 10.3: The inversion...
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10.1093/hesc/9780199609819.003.0015

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