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Past exam of the physics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2019 Section B 8 b Solution by
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The probability current of the incident wave is , and that of the reflected wave is . The quantum reflection probability is the positive ratio of reflected to incident flux magnitudes:For comparison, the transmitted probability current is , so the transmission probability isThese satisfy , as required by conservation of probability current for a real, nonabsorbing potential energy. In particular, alone is not the transmitted flux fraction when .
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