UNIVERSITY PHYSICS,VOL.3 (OER)
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Chapter 7, Problem 88AP
A beam of mono-energetic protons with energy 2.0 MeV falls on a potential energy barrier of height 20.0 MeV and of width 1.5 fm. What percentage of the beam is transmitted through the barrier?
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