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Relativistic tunneling through opaque barriers

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-05-27 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We propose an analytical study of relativistic tunneling through opaque barriers. We obtain a closed formula for the phase time. This formula is in excellent agreement with the numerical simulations and corrects the standard formula obtained by the stationary phase method. An important result is found when the upper limit of the incoming energy distribution coincides with the upper limit of the tunneling zone. In this case, the phase time is proportional to the barrier width.

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@article{arxiv.1103.2640,
  title  = {Relativistic tunneling through opaque barriers},
  author = {Stefano De Leo and Vinicius Leonardi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.2640},
  year   = {2015}
}

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11 pages, 3 figures

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