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Lower Bounds on Quantum Tunneling for Excited States

Mathematical Physics 2025-06-17 v1 Analysis of PDEs Functional Analysis math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

We revisit the problem of quantum tunneling for a particle moving in the continuum, and in the absence of a magnetic field. In all spatial dimensions, we extend previous results to the case where the single-well potential satisfies reflection-symmetry.

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@article{arxiv.2506.12650,
  title  = {Lower Bounds on Quantum Tunneling for Excited States},
  author = {Charles L. Fefferman and Jacob Shapiro and Michael I. Weinstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.12650},
  year   = {2025}
}

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20 pages, 1 figure