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How Do Schr\"odinger's Cats Die?

G. S. Paraoanu

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Physicsmedicine.medical_specialtyQuantum PhysicsCondensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsQuantum dynamicsQuantum simulatorCondensed Matter PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsQuantum technologyOpen quantum systemQuantization (physics)Classical mechanicsQuantum mechanicsComputerSystemsOrganization_MISCELLANEOUSQuantum nanosciencemedicineGeneral Materials ScienceQuantum dissipationQuantum computer

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Recent experiments with superconducting qubits are motivated by the goal of fabricating a quantum computer, but at the same time they illuminate the more fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics. In this paper we analyze the physics of switching current measurements from the point of view of macroscopic quantum mechanics.

10.1007/s10909-006-9256-yhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0806.2524