Resonance Enhanced Tunneling
arXiv:hep-ph/0009230 · doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(00)01225-9
Abstract
Time evolution of tunneling in thermal medium is examined using the real-time semiclassical formalism previously developed. Effect of anharmonic terms in the potential well is shown to give a new mechanism of resonance enhanced tunneling. If the friction from environment is small enough, this mechanism may give a very large enhancement for the tunneling rate. The case of the asymmetric wine bottle potential is worked out in detail.
12 pages, LATEX file with 5 PS figures