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International workshop

"Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling and Coherence"

Palazzo Serra di Cassano, Naples, Italy

June 10-13,1998

Organized by

Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici di Napoli

Istiuto di Cibernetica del CNR

Università di Napoli "FedericoII"

Albert Ludwigs universitat, Freiburg.

Also Supported by

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Steering Committee:

Paolo Silvestrini - Istituto di Cibernetica-CNR, Napoli, Italy Chairman

Berardo Ruggiero - Istituto di Cibernetica-CNR, Napoli, Italy

Francesco Petruccione - Albert Ludwigs Universitat, Freiburg, Germany

Antonio Barone - Università di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli, Italy chairman

Aim of workshop

The aim of the workshop is to report on the hystorical and recent theoretical and experimental results on the quantum behaviour of macroscopic systems. Particular attention will be given to the effects of dissipation. The Josephson effect represents in this context a very powerful tool to experimentally investigate a variety of interesting phenomena, including macroscopic quantum tunneling, energy level quantization, macroscopic quantum coherence and Coulomb blockade of Cooper pairs. The correlation with other physical systems which exhibit a macroscopic quantum behaviour is also discussed.

Social event

Julie Pellettier: concert at Theatre of Court - Palazzo Royal of Naples

For further informations please contact:
Workshop Secretariat	Scientific Secreteriat