Simulations of "tunnelling of the 3rd kind"
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2017-07Metadata
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Mou, Z. et al. (2017) Simulations of "tunnelling of the 3rd kind". Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(15) 10.1007/JHEP07(2017)015Abstract
We consider the phenomenon of “tunnelling of the 3rd kind” [1], whereby a magnetic field may traverse a classically impenetrable barrier by pair creation of unimpeded quantum fermions. These propagate through the barrier and generate a magnetic field on the other side. We study this numerically using quantum fermions coupled to a classical Higgs-gauge system, where we set up a magnetic field outside a box shielded by two superconducting barriers. We examine the magnitude of the internal magnetic field, and find agreement with existing perturbative results within a factor of two.