quantum tunneling
Quantum tunneling refers to the phenomenon in which particles pass through a barrier that they should not have enough energy to overcome, based on classical physics. It occurs due to the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics, which allows particles to "tunnel" through potential energy barriers at the quantum level, defying classical expectations and appearing on the other side of the barrier.
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