This phenomenon was observed by Don Eigler at IBM for Xenon, although more important was the action of electrons developed into an analytic technique by Binnig and Rohrer.
This phenomenon was observed by Don Eigler at IBM for Xenon, although more important was the action of electrons developed into an analytic technique by Binnig and Rohrer. It is the fundamental principle behind Hawking radiation, allowing black holes to emit detectable radiation. A common example is the inversion of the ammonia molecule, and it is largely responsible for the current leakage that plagues chip-makers as they try to continue miniaturizing their microchip designs. An uniquely quantum-mechanical phenomenon – for ten points– what is this nonzero probability for a quantum particle to be found on the outside of a potential barrier that it could not classically penetrate?
This phenomenon was observed by Don Eigler at IBM for Xenon, although more important was the action of electrons developed into an analytic technique by Binnig and Rohrer.
quantum tunneling