Quantum dynamics of a single vortex

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6954, 2003, Pages 155-158

  Wallraff, A ^a,b   Lukashenko, A ^a   Lisenfeld, J ^a   Kemp, A ^a   Fistul, M V ^a   Koval, Y ^a   Ustinov, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

QUANTUM TUNNELING;

VORTEX FLOW;

CONDENSATE; VORTEX;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; FLUID FLOW; GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 0141521886     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01826     Document Type: Article

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