minigap

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noun

A small gap

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounminigap (plural minigaps)

plural minigaps

  1. A small gap

    The intrinsic capacitance can generally be estimated as C#95;#42;#92;simG#47;E#95;g, where G is the normal-state conductance of the junction and E#95;g is the proximity minigap in its normal part.

    2015, D. S. Antonenko, M. A. Skvortsov, “Quantum decay of the supercurrent and intrinsic capacitance of Josephson junctions beyond the tunnel limit”, in arXiv

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Chicago

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