PHYS-C0250 - Quantum Materials, 19.04.2021-04.06.2021
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Advance assignment for the 8th lecture (12.5.)
Completion requirements
Due: Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 12:15 PM
In lecture 8 we learn about quantum tunneling. One important physical process where quantum tunneling is essential is alpha decay. That is explained in the following video (11 min)
Would there be alpha decay in classical physics, and how fast would it take place?
Warning: at the end of the video the tunneling is explained saying that energy is not conserved for a short time. In the lectures tunneling is explained using Schrödinger equation, where energy is strictly conserved. This just reflects that there can be different ways of explaining the same physical phenomenon.