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Nature Physics 2, 579 - 580 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nphys402
Subject Categories: Condensed-matter physics | Electronics, photonics and device physics | Particle physics | Quantum physics
Relativistic quantum mechanics: Paradox in a pencil
Alex Calogeracos1
- Alex Calogeracos is in the Division of Theoretical Mechanics, Hellenic Air Force Academy TG1010, Dekelia Air Force Base, Greece, and in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK. e-mail: a.calogeracos@sussex.ac.uk
Abstract
The Klein paradox, which relates to the ability of relativistic particles to pass through extreme potential barriers, could be yet another of the strange quantum phenomena made accessible by the properties of graphene.
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