# The Tunnelling Man [closed]

What's the probability that I will tunnel through a solid wall?

By "tunnel" I mean, the probability of finding me on the other side of the wall.

Assumptions

• Wall thickness = $d$
• Clearly state any other assumptions required for your solution: e.g. assumptions about the environment, geometry of set-up, etc.

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• You are already on the other side of the wall - at a distance of about 40,000 km. This question is too broad and ill-defined - and smells of a homework question. ("clearly state any other assumptions...") – Floris Jun 20 '15 at 23:22
• @Floris The question is meant to stimulate one's imagination by galvanizing them to put-forward interesting solutions, which will depend on the assumptions made. – Mustapha Mond Jun 20 '15 at 23:36
• I'm sorry - I don't feel galvanized. I will step aside and let others do their thing. – Floris Jun 20 '15 at 23:51
• I could tell you if I assumed that you were a giant clump of non-interacting n=1 hydrogen atoms that numbers enough to make up the mass of a human body. If I really wanted to be fancy, instead of assuming n=1 for all atoms, I could make each one draw n from a Boltzmann distribution at room temperature. But I haven't even the faintest clue if that's anywhere near resembling a reasonable approximation for the actual joint wave function of all the particles of your body. – Bridgeburners Jun 20 '15 at 23:53
• @Bridgeburners I think that's a good place to start – Mustapha Mond Jun 21 '15 at 3:03

A 70 Kg human body has approximately 7 X $10^{27}$ atoms, each of which has to get through the wall.
• If $p$ is the probability of one atom getting through, the probability of all atoms is $\approx p^N$ where $N$ is the total number of atoms. This assumes incoherent co-tunneling. – DanielSank Jun 21 '15 at 2:01