title: Novel spin dynamics in a Josephson junction.
abstract: We address the dynamics of a single spin embedded in the tunneling barrier between two superconductors. As a consequence of pair correlations in the superconducting state, the spin displays a rich and unusual dynamics. To properly describe the time evolution of the spin we find the generalized Wess-Zumino-Witten-Novikov term in the effective action for the spin on the Keldysh contour. The superconducting correlations lead to an effective spin action which is nonlocal in time leading to unconventional precessions. Our predictions might be directly tested for macroscopic spin clusters.
authors.affiliation: Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors.forename: Jian-Xin
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Nussinov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shnirman
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Balatsky