tunnelling

Quantum tunnelling is commonplace in the microscopic world.

Electrons Caught Tunnelling Out of Atoms | Impact Lab 2007

The word tunnelling refers to the situation where on the outside all appears fine, but when you dig deeper you realise that there is nothing there.

Czech English Words No 1 - Tunnelling Praguetory 2006

The word tunnelling refers to the situation where on the outside all appears fine, but when you dig deeper you realise that there is nothing there.

Archive 2006-10-01 Praguetory 2006

On the atomic level, on the other hand, tunnelling is a rather common phenomenon.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1973 - Presentation Speech 1992

A company's suppliers or partners often turn out to be owned or controlled by the company's own managers, a practice that lends itself to "tunnelling"-using outside businesses to milk the corporation.

The New Yorker James Surowiecki 2011

A company's suppliers or partners often turn out to be owned or controlled by the company's own managers, a practice that lends itself to "tunnelling"-using outside businesses to milk the corporation.

The New Yorker James Surowiecki 2011

Their hard work went into what Johnson has labeled "tunnelling" - insiders funneling money out of legitimate enterprises because they know the end of the bubble is near.

PopMatters 2009

This behavior is called tunnelling; it is as if the particle has ‘dug’ through the potential hill.

String Theory is Losing the Public Debate Sean 2007

The term tunnelling refers to this wave-like property - the particle "tunnels" through the forbidden region.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1973 - Presentation Speech 1992

The tunnelling occurs when the particle changes from one that interacts strongly with a barrier and so cannot pass though it, into a particle that does not interact with the barrier and so passes through with ease.

Technology Review RSS Feeds 2009