Energy loss in collision in oscillator

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astro2cosmos

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Jul 23, 2010

Is there any loss of energy of a particel (electron) while getting collission with the walls of a finite square/rectangular barrier?
since there is a enormous no. of collision a particle takes.

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Eynstone

Jul 23, 2010

No, the electron may tunnel through.

astro2cosmos

Jul 23, 2010

so is it a elastic collision?

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