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Homework Statement
The probability of a person quantum mechanically tunnelling through a wall
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm not too sure how to approach this problem, I calculated the de Broglie wavelength of the person (mass = 60kg, velocity = 30 m/s; These values are made up by me). But then I get stuck, what can I infer from the wavelength that is calculated. I looked at the barrier potential problem, and I'm not sure how to construct a wavefunction for the person (if it is even possible? I thought of using the plane wave solution and calculating the momentum and wavenumber that appears in the complex exponential term), also the wall would represent the barrier potential (would this potential tend to infinity? like the infinite square well problem?)
My brain is melting...