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We consider the phenomenon of “tunnelling of the 3rd kind” [1], whereby a magnetic field may traverse a classically impenetrable barrier by pair creation of unimpeded quantum fermions. These propagate through the barrier and generate a magnetic field on the other side. We study this numerically using quantum fermions coupled to a classical Higgs-gauge system, where we set up a magnetic field outside a box shielded by two superconducting barriers. We examine the magnitude of the internal magnetic field, and find agreement with existing perturbative results within a factor of two.
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Mou, ZG., Saffin, P.M., Tognarelli, P. et al. Simulations of “tunnelling of the 3rd kind”. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 15 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2017)015
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