Macroscopic quantum coherence in a magnetic nanoparticle above the surface of a superconductor

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 5206-5209

  Chudnovsky, Eugene M ^a   Friedman, Jonathan R ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GROUND STATE; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; QUANTUM THEORY; SQUIDS;

MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM COHERENCE; QUANTUM TUNNELING; SINGLE DOMAIN PARTICLE; SPIN TUNNELING;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 0034428962     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5206     Document Type: Article

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