Physics Department Seminar University of Alaska Fairbanks


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A Sanity Check on the WKB Method

 
by
 
Chung-Sang Ng
Physics Dept/GI, UAF

 

ABSTRACT

I will talk about a little problem I did a long time ago when I was a grad student. It was to check whether the WKB method gives an answer as bad as having a factor of two error in solving for the tunneling probability over a potential barrier using the 1D Schrödinger equation, as claimed by a paper at that time. I ended up showing that the WKB method can get quite accurate answers over the whole range of energy, covering different regimes that require different treatments.



 

Friday, 22 February 2019

Globe Room, Elvey Building

3:45PM