Quantum phase slips in Josephson junction rings
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G. Rastelli,1,2 I. M. Pop,3,4 and F. W. J. Hekking1 1Université Grenoble 1/CNRS, LPMMC UMR 5493, B.P. 166, 38042 Grenoble, France 2Fachbereich Physik, Universität Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany 3Institut Néel, CNRS, and Université Joseph Fourier, B.P. 166, 38042 Grenoble, France 4Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA (Received 6 January 2012; revised manuscript received 25 April 2013; published 16 May 2013)
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