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Hello guys!
I've been learning how to estimate half life using Schrödinger's time-independent wave equation. In class, we divided the energy barrier into five smaller segments just like this webpage http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Nuclear/alpdet.html#c1
I was wondering if we could divide the barrier into a large number of segments n to arrive at better approximations using calculus. In class, we used the following equation for the probability of tunneling
My work is shown below
$$ψ = e^{-βx}
\\β = \frac {\sqrt {2m_α(U - E_α)}} {ħ}
\\U = \frac {kq_1q_α} {x}
\\ψ^2 = e^{-2βx}
\\ψ_{total} = e^{-2∫β(x)dx}$$
I solved the integral and put a few numbers but didn't really get anything meaningful, so any help would be greatly appreciated
I've been learning how to estimate half life using Schrödinger's time-independent wave equation. In class, we divided the energy barrier into five smaller segments just like this webpage http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Nuclear/alpdet.html#c1
I was wondering if we could divide the barrier into a large number of segments n to arrive at better approximations using calculus. In class, we used the following equation for the probability of tunneling
My work is shown below
$$ψ = e^{-βx}
\\β = \frac {\sqrt {2m_α(U - E_α)}} {ħ}
\\U = \frac {kq_1q_α} {x}
\\ψ^2 = e^{-2βx}
\\ψ_{total} = e^{-2∫β(x)dx}$$
I solved the integral and put a few numbers but didn't really get anything meaningful, so any help would be greatly appreciated
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