\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} J =\frac{E_R}{2} \exp (- \frac{\pi^2}{4} \sqrt{ \frac{V_0}{E_R}}) \left[\sqrt{\frac{V_0}{E_R}} + \left( \frac{V_0}{E_R} \right)^{3/2}\right] \end{equation*} \end{document}