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Experience quantum tunneling - the bizarre quantum effect that lets particles pass through barriers they shouldn't be able to cross. Discover how tunneling powers the Sun, enables flash memory, and makes atomic microscopes possible.

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📚 Glossary

QuantumTunneling
Particles passing through classically forbidden barriers
PotentialBarrier
Region where classical particle cannot exist
WaveFunction
Mathematical description of quantum state
Probability
Chance of tunneling occurring
STM
Scanning Tunneling Microscope
CoulombBarrier
Electrostatic repulsion barrier between charges
AlphaDecay
Radioactive decay emitting alpha particles
JosephsonEffect
Supercurrent tunneling between superconductors
Exponential
Tunneling probability decreases exponentially with barrier width

🏆 Key Figures

George Gamow

Explained alpha decay via tunneling (1928)

Gerd Binnig

Co-invented STM (Nobel 1986)

Heinrich Rohrer

Co-invented STM (Nobel 1986)

Leo Esaki

Invented tunnel diode (Nobel 1973)

Brian Josephson

Predicted Josephson tunneling (Nobel 1973)

💬 Message to Learners

{'encouragement': "You're learning about one of nature's most bizarre tricks. Tunneling seems impossible, yet it powers the Sun, enables your phone's memory, and lets us see individual atoms.", 'reminder': 'Tunneling is real and essential - not just a curiosity. Without it, chemistry, electronics, and even the Sun would work differently or not at all.', 'action': 'Build barriers in the simulator. Watch the wave function decay through. See how changing parameters affects tunneling probability.', 'dream': 'A physicist from Kenya might discover new tunneling applications. An engineer from Nigeria might design better tunneling devices. The quantum world is open to all curious minds.', 'wiaVision': 'WIA Pin Code believes quantum physics should inspire everyone. Tunneling shows that the universe is stranger and more wonderful than classical physics ever imagined.'}

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