Let us consider two boxes of different energies that are separated by a barrier and box 1 is filled with many electrons. The barrier allows the electrons to tunnel from box 1 to the other side with a 1% probability. In the event that an electron in a given time frame does tunnel through the barrier, does this affect the probability that a different electron teleports through the barrier during the same time frame, or is this probability statistically independent? Therefore in the extreme case, do we know if the probability of ALL electrons tunneling is equal to P(1 electron tunneling)^(Number of electrons). Let us assume that the change in energy due to electrons filling/leaving certain energy levels is negligible.

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