Quantum Tunnelling: How Particles Walk Through Walls
In short: Quantum tunneling allows particles to pass through energy barriers they lack the classical energy to overcome, a phenomenon essential for solar fusion and biological life.
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Sources used in this film: MSU Libraries, “Tunneling – Introductory Physics for the Health and Life Sciences II”; G. Gamow (published in Zeitschrift für Physik), “(Undefined)”; NASA, “(Q-8) Quantum Tunneling”; MIT OpenCourseWare, “Lecture notes, Chapter 3”; U.S. Department of Energy, “Proton-Proton Fusion: Powering the Sun”; University of California, Irvine (Energy Blog), “Solar Fusion by Quantum Tunneling”; United States Department of Energy, “Understanding How the Sun Shines: From Triton Decay to Proton-Proton Fusion | Department of Energy”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Hydrogen Tunneling Links Protein Dynamics to Enzyme Catalysis”; Nature Communications Physics, “An open quantum systems approach to proton tunnelling in DNA”; Nature Portfolio, “Multiscale simulations reveal the role of PcrA helicase in protecting against spontaneous point mutations in DNA”.
Sources used in this film
- MSU Libraries — Tunneling – Introductory Physics for the Health and Life Sciences II · View →
- G. Gamow (published in Zeitschrift für Physik) — (Undefined) · View →
- NASA — (Q-8) Quantum Tunneling · View →
- MIT OpenCourseWare — Lecture notes, Chapter 3 · View →
- U.S. Department of Energy — Proton-Proton Fusion: Powering the Sun · View →
- University of California, Irvine (Energy Blog) — Solar Fusion by Quantum Tunneling · View →
- United States Department of Energy — Understanding How the Sun Shines: From Triton Decay to Proton-Proton Fusion | Department of Energy · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Hydrogen Tunneling Links Protein Dynamics to Enzyme Catalysis · View →
- Nature Communications Physics — An open quantum systems approach to proton tunnelling in DNA · View →
- Nature Portfolio — Multiscale simulations reveal the role of PcrA helicase in protecting against spontaneous point mutations in DNA · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: MSU Libraries: Tunneling – Introductory Physics for the Health and Life Sciences II
- Also: G. Gamow (published in Zeitschrift für Physik): (Undefined)
- Also: NASA: (Q-8) Quantum Tunneling
- Also: MIT OpenCourseWare: Lecture notes, Chapter 3
- Also: U.S. Department of Energy: Proton-Proton Fusion: Powering the Sun
- Also: University of California, Irvine (Energy Blog): Solar Fusion by Quantum Tunneling
- Also: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science (Nuclear Physics): Understanding How the Sun Shines: From Triton Decay to Proton-Proton Fusion
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Hydrogen Tunneling Links Protein Dynamics to Enzyme Catalysis
- Also: Nature Communications Physics: An open quantum systems approach to proton tunnelling in DNA
- Also: Nature Portfolio: Multiscale simulations reveal the role of PcrA helicase in protecting against spontaneous point mutations in DNA
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