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Physica

Volume 68, Issue 3, 15 September 1973, Pages 579-586
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Relativistic effects in the R-matrix theory of tunnelling

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Abstract

A relativistic treatment of some basic concepts of tunnelling is given in terms of an R-matrix theoretical technique. The relativistic corrections are obtained and the nonrelativistic limits of the equations are compared with the results recently derived by Kane.

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