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Barrier Penetration: Semiclassical Approximation
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This lecture covers the semiclassical approximation for the fixed energy propagator, focusing on the transmission probability across a potential barrier. The instructor explains the density of states, barrier penetration examples, and the WKB approximation for barrier penetration.
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