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Higgs-induced spectroscopic shifts near strong gravity sources
Roberto Onofrio
We explore the consequences of the mass generation due to the Higgs field in strong gravity astrophysical environments. The vacuum expectation value of the Higgs field is predicted…
Equilibrium states of a test particle coupled to finite size heat baths
Qun Wei, S. Taylor Smith, Roberto Onofrio
We report on numerical simulations of the dynamics of a test particle coupled to competing Boltzmann heat baths of finite size. After discussing some features of the single bath ca…
Are quantum measurements on macroscopic bodies feasible?
Roberto Onofrio
The possibility to test quantum measurement theories is discussed in the more phenomenological framework of the quantum nondemolition theory. A simple test of the hypothesis of the…
Quantum limit in resonant vacuum tunneling transducers
Roberto Onofrio, Carlo Presilla
We propose an electromechanical transducer based on a resonant-tunneling configuration that, with respect to the standard tunneling transducers, allows larger tunneling currents wh…
Electron barrier interaction in a vacuum tunneling probe
Roberto Onofrio, Carlo Presilla
A model for dealing with energy and momentum exchanges between ballistic electrons in a vacuum barrier in a tunneling probe used as an electromechanical transducer is studied and i…