6 Jun
2016
6 Jun
'16
8:40 p.m.
On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 7:31 PM, Keith F. Lynch <kfl@keithlynch.net> wrote:
Quantum tunneling? The distance between the centers of adjacent atoms in a diamond is 1.54E-10 meters. That's 57,000 times the 2.7E-15 meter radius of a carbon nucleus. And for it to happen, two nuclei would have to simultaneously tunnel into each other's positions.
Actually, you just need to have a neutron tunnel from one nucleus to the other across the barrier. -- Mike Stay - metaweta@gmail.com http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~mike http://reperiendi.wordpress.com