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Barrier-top scattering

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At energy equal to a finite rectangular barrier height, the stationary interior Schrödinger equation has a linear solution ψ=bx+c. Its probability current can be nonzero: J=(ℏ/m)Im(c∗b). Setting the interior classical kinetic energy to zero does not set the transmitted quantum flux to zero.

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  • Past exam of the physics A course of the University of Cambridge / 2016 / Paper 1 / Section B / B6 / Solution

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