2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/21163Inspired by a recent experiment, we study the influence of thermal fluctuations on the $I$-$V$ characteristics of a Josephson junction, coupled to a strongly resistive environment. We obtain analytical results in the limit where the Josephson energy is larger than the charging energy and quasiparticles are absent.To be published in the Proceedings of the NATO-ASI "New Directions in Mesoscopic Physics" (Erice, 2002)Mesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsSuperconductivitytext