3D Quantum Tunneling
Visualize quantum wave function evolution on a 128^3 grid. Watch a wave packet tunnel through a potential barrier - a classically forbidden process that quantum mechanics allows. The optional mode changes the soft-core radius and timestep for illustration; it is not a validated quantum speedup.
Schrodinger Equation
i*hbar * dpsi/dt = H*psi with split-step method
128^3 Grid
Over 2 million grid points for wavefunction
Phase Visualization
Color = complex phase, Brightness = probability
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Quantum Tunneling Explained
In quantum mechanics, particles can "tunnel" through barriers that would be insurmountable classically. The wave function extends into the barrier, decaying exponentially, but can emerge on the other side.
Illustrative Regularization Note
The mode labeled k=0.30 uses a larger soft-core radius and timestep by construction. This browser toy does not establish optimality or unitarity.
Presets
- Square Barrier: Watch tunneling occur
- Double Slit: Quantum interference pattern
- Hydrogen-like: Soft-core Coulomb visualization
- Harmonic: Oscillating coherent state