Traversal time for electron tunneling in water
arXiv:cond-mat/0103400 · doi:10.1063/1.1376162
Abstract
The traversal time for tunneling is a measure of the time during which the transmitted particle can be affected by interactions localized in the barrier. The Buttiker-Landauer approach, which estimates this time by imposing an internal clock on the system, has been applied so far for relatively simple 1-dimensional models. Here we apply this approach to estimate the traversal time for electron tunneling through a realistic 3-dimensional model of a water layer. Observed structure in the energy dependence of times computed reflects the existence of transient tunneling resonances associated with instantaneous water structures.
9 pages, 3 figures. Submitted to the Journal of Chemical Physics