Reflection above the barrier as tunneling in momentum space

Quantum mechanics predicts an exponentially small probability that a particle with energy greater than the height of a potential barrier will reflect from the barrier in violation of classical expectations. This process can be regarded as tunneling in momentum space, leading to a simple derivation o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jaffe, Robert L. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), 2014-07-22T14:01:41Z.
Subjects:
Online Access:Get fulltext
LEADER 01180 am a22002053u 4500
001 88459
042 |a dc 
100 1 0 |a Jaffe, Robert L.  |e author 
100 1 0 |a Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Jaffe, Robert L.  |e contributor 
245 0 0 |a Reflection above the barrier as tunneling in momentum space 
260 |b American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT),   |c 2014-07-22T14:01:41Z. 
856 |z Get fulltext  |u http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88459 
520 |a Quantum mechanics predicts an exponentially small probability that a particle with energy greater than the height of a potential barrier will reflect from the barrier in violation of classical expectations. This process can be regarded as tunneling in momentum space, leading to a simple derivation of the reflection probability. 
520 |a United States. Dept. of Energy (Contract DE-FG03-92ER40701) 
546 |a en_US 
655 7 |a Article 
773 |t American Journal of Physics