UAF Physics Department § Journal Club

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.


	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