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Description
The BeEST Experiment is an international collaboration between experts in many different fields of science. Few of them are low-temperature solid-state physicists. But we all work on some aspect of nuclear decays in superconducting tunnel junctions at temperatures around ~0.1 K. This talk will give a very basic overview of superconductivity and tunnel junctions that I think every collaborator should know. I will also discuss the current performance and future directions in STJ development in the context of the BeEST experiment and beyond. I will also draft a summary of what I consider the essential things to know about STJs as an introductory text for future students and collaborators. I would like to get some feedback on that draft, and there will be test at the end of the meeting ;-)