Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2008-12-21
Phys. Rev. B 79, 184515 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
12 pages, 12 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.79.184515
A classical system cannot escape out of a metastable state at zero temperature. However, a composite system made from both classical and quantum degrees of freedom may drag itself out of the metastable state by a sequential process. The sequence starts with the tunneling of the quantum component which then triggers a distortion of the trapping potential holding the classical part. Provided this distortion is large enough to turn the metastable state into an unstable one, the classical component can escape. This process reminds of the famous baron Muenchhausen who told the story of rescuing himself from sinking in a swamp by pulling himself up by his own hair--we thus term this decay the `Muenchhausen effect'. We show that such a composite system can be conveniently studied and implemented in a dc-SQUID featuring asymmetric dynamical parameters. We determine the dynamical phase diagram of this system for various choices of junction parameters and system preparations.
Blatter Gianni
Geshkenbein Vadim B.
Thomann A. U.
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