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Time-Dependent Superconductivity and Quantum Dissipation

Thomas RiegerUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106D. J. ScalapinoUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106J. E. MercereauUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
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Abstract

A time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory is used to calculate the time-varying currents and potentials in a one-dimensional superconductor undergoing quasicontinuous phase slip. To account for the irreversible nature of this process, the concept of superconducting dissipation is introduced. This analysis is consistent with many observations on "weak links" and provides an adequate model for at least their low-frequency behavior.

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