%0 Journal Article
%T Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling and the "cosmic" Josephson effect
%A Barone
%A A.
%A Gasperini
%A M.
%A Rotoli
%A G.
%J High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
%D 2013
%I 
%X We discuss the possible influence of a cosmic magnetic field on the macroscopic quantum tunneling process associated, in a cosmological context, to the decay of the "false vacuum." We find a close analogy with the effects of an external magnetic field applied to a Josephson junction in the context of low-temperature/high-temperature superconducting devices.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1006.2417