tunneling time

A form of tunnelling time — The amount of time required for the ground state to develop the underbarrier wavefunction components necessary to attain the static field ionization rate.

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Meanings

nountunneling time (countable and uncountable, plural tunneling times)

plural tunneling times

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of tunnelling time.
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