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In an important experiment performed on a SQUID system, Rouse, Han and Lukens report the first observation of resonant tunnelling between macroscopically distinct quantum levels. We support the experiment with the first theoretical approach for the phenomenon.
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Silvestrini, P., Ruggiero, B., Esposito, A. et al. Comments on an experiment of resonant tunnelling between macroscopically distinct quantum levels. Il Nuovo Cimento D 18, 771–773 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02457364
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