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Simulations of "Tunnelling of the 3rd Kind"

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2017-08-02 v1

Abstract

We consider the phenomenon of "tunnelling of the 3rd kind", whereby a magnetic field may traverse a classically impenetrable barrier by pair creation of unimpeded quantum fermions. These propagate through the barrier and generate a magnetic field on the other side. We study this numerically using quantum fermions coupled to a classical Higgs-gauge system, where we set up a magnetic field outside a box shielded by two superconducting barriers. We examine the magnitude of the internal magnetic field, and find agreement with existing perturbative results within a factor of two.

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@article{arxiv.1703.08375,
  title  = {Simulations of "Tunnelling of the 3rd Kind"},
  author = {Zong-Gang Mou and Paul M. Saffin and Paul Tognarelli and Anders Tranberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.08375},
  year   = {2017}
}

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21 pages, 6 figures