Theory of macroscopic quantum tunneling in high-Tc c-axis Josephson junctions
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Takehito Yokoyama,1 Shiro Kawabata,2 Takeo Kato,3 and Yukio Tanaka1 1Department of Applied Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan 2Nanotechnology Research Institute (NRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan and CREST, JST, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan 3The Institute for Solid State Physics (ISSP), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan Received 2 May 2007; revised manuscript received 25 July 2007; published 1 October 2007
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