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The response of a superconducting weak-link ring to external adiabatic noise

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We discuss the response of a superconducting weak-link ring to externally applied adiabatic noise and show that this can be used as a probe of the low-lying energy eigenstates of the ring. We compare the observable consequences of this with new experimental results.

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  1. A. Widom

    Present address: Department of Physics, Northeastern University, 02115, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

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  1. School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Physics Division, University of Sussex, BN1 9QH, Falmer Brighton, Sussex

    R. J. Prance, T. P. Spiller, H. Prance, T. D. Clark, J. Ralph & A. Clippingdale

  2. Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università INFN, Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italia

    Y. Srivastava & A. Widom

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Prance, R.J., Spiller, T.P., Prance, H. et al. The response of a superconducting weak-link ring to external adiabatic noise. Nuov Cim B 106, 431–450 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02725694

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