Harmonic-oscillator forbidden-region probability
ID: harmonic-oscillator-forbidden-region-probability
For the normalized ground state of a reduced quantum harmonic oscillator, and . Its classical turning points are . The Born rule assigns probability to the classically forbidden region. This is a stationary probability of detection outside the classical interval. It is not a transmitted flux or an escape rate: the real stationary wavefunction has zero probability current.
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