A1_11 The Littlest League

Authors

  • Alistair Goodwin University of Leicester
  • Laura Horton University of Leicester
  • Luca James University of Leicester
  • Chris Mander University of Leicester
  • Michael McKee University of Leicester

Abstract

In this paper, we investigated quantum tunnelling by replacing the batter with a potential barrier in a baseball game. We found that the width of a potential barrier that represents a batter needs to be between 1.57*10^-36 m and 1.41*10^-36 m in order for the transmission probability of a baseball through the potential barrier to equal the strike rate of Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers of 62% to 65%. Considering these values are smaller than the Planck length, it is therefore physically impossible to replicate the observed MLB strike rates with the potential barrier we used.

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Published

06-01-2020

How to Cite

Goodwin, A., Horton, L., James, L., Mander, C., & McKee, M. (2020). A1_11 The Littlest League. Physics Special Topics, 18(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/3411

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2019): Physics Special Topics

Section

Articles