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Comments on an experiment of resonant tunnelling between macroscopically distinct quantum levels

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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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  1. Istituto di Cibernetica del CNR, I-80072 Arco Felice, Napoli, Italy

    P. Silvestrini, B. Ruggiero, A. Esposito & Y. N. Ovchinnikov

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  1. P. Silvestrini
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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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