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The author of the passage mentions calculations about tunneling time and barrier thickness in order to ________.
  1. Suggest that tunneling time is unrelated to barrier thickness
  2. Explain the evidence by which Wigner and Eisenbud discovered the phenomenon of tunneling
  3. Describe data recently challenged by Raymond Chiao and colleagues
  4. Question why particles engaged in quantum tunneling rarely achieve extremely high speeds
  5. Explain the basis for Wigner and Eisenbud's hypothesis

A
Explain the evidence by which Wigner and Eisenbud discovered the phenomenon of tunneling
B
Describe data recently challenged by Raymond Chiao and colleagues
C
Suggest that tunneling time is unrelated to barrier thickness
D
Question why particles engaged in quantum tunneling rarely achieve extremely high speeds
E
Explain the basis for Wigner and Eisenbud's hypothesis
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The correct option is E Explain the basis for Wigner and Eisenbud's hypothesis
Option E is correct, quantum tunneling hypothesized by Wigner and Eisenbudel that tunneling particles sometimes travel faster than light. Their grounds were calculations that suggested that the time it takes a particle to tunnel through a barrier increases with the thickness of the barrier until tunneling time reaches a maximum; beyond that maximum, tunneling time stays the same regardless of barrier thickness
The whole passage is about the speed of light involve a phenomenon called quantum tunneling. Quantum tunneling in which particles travel through barriers.

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