Abstract

Some aspects of quantum tunnelling of a composite particle are clarified by a simple model. We calculate the probability that a couple of point particles bound to each other by a square well potential with a hard core tunnel through a rectangular potential barrier. It is shown that resonance structures appear in the transmission spectrum in some cases, which reflects the existence of quasi-bound-states of the centre of mass motion around the potential barrier. It is also shown that an inelastic tunnelling occurs in which the transitions in the relative motion are induced by the tunnelling of the centre of mass.

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