Abstract
The reflection and transmission of a wave on a two-dimensional barrier is studied quantum mechanically and semiclassically. The simple model consists of two degrees of freedom. One of them contains a barrier (of the Eckart type); the second allows only a bound motion in discrete quantum states. These two degrees of freedom are coupled. The transition probabilities for transitions between the different quantum states can, in the model considered here, be evaluated analytically, both quantum mechanically and semiclassically. Several of the so called uniform semiclassical approximations and also the initial value integral representation for the semiclassical transition amplitudes are considered and compared to the exact quantum mechanical results. Some new insight on the semiclassical treatment of the tunneling process is gained, specially concerning the proper choice of the integration path for the initial value integral representation of the transition amplitudes.
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