Lifetime of the superconductive state in short and long Josephson junctions G. Augello, D. Valenti, A. L. Pankratov and B. Spagnolo Eur. Phys. J. B, 70 1 (2009) 145-151 Published online: 05 May 2009 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2009-00155-x