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Ground-state oscillator probability beyond the turning points

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The ground-state turning points are ±ℏ/(mω)​. In dimensionless position y=xmω/ℏ​, the probability outside them is (2/π​)∫1∞​e−y2dy=erfc(1)≃0.15730. This tail demonstrates that a bound quantum state need not be confined to its classically allowed region.

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