Radiative large-angle Bhabha scattering in collinear kinematics

The process of large-angle high energy electron-positron scattering with emission of one hard photon almost collinear to one of the charged particles momenta is considered. The differential cross section with radiative corrections due to emission of virtual and soft real photons calculated to a power accuracy is presented. Emission of two hard photons and total expressions for radiative correction are given in leading logarithmical approximation. The latter are illustrated by numeric estimates. A relation of the results with structure function formalism is discussed.Comment: 19 pp, LaTeX, uses epsfig package, 3 eps figs. Some small changes, including more explanations, addition of references and correction of misprints. Final version Accepted for publication, will appear on nuclear Physics B, issue 563 (1,2), cover date of the issue 6 December 199

Small-Angle Electron-Positron Scattering with a Per Mille Accuracy

The elastic and inelastic high--energy small--angle electron--positron scattering is considered. All radiative corrections to the cross--section with the relative accuracy $\delta\sigma/ \sigma = 0.1 \%$ are explicitly taken into account. According to the generalized eikonal representation for the elastic amplitude, in higher orders only diagrams with one exchanged photon may be considered. Single photon emission with radiative corrections and next--to--leading two--photon and pair production diagrams are evaluated, together with leading three--loop corrections. All contributions have been calculated analytically. We integrate the calculated distributions over typical for LEP~1 experiments intervals of angles and energies. To the leading approximation, the results are shown to be described in terms of kernels of electron structure functions. Some numerical results are presented. PACS numbers 12.15.Lk, 12.20.--m, 12.20.Ds, 13.40.--fComment: 46 pages, Latex file. Replacement file (Text slightly modified and misprints corrected). To be published in Nuclear Physics B

Emission of Two Hard Photons in Large-Angle Bhabha Scattering

A closed expression for the differential cross section of the large-angle Bhabha $e^+ e^-$ scattering which explicitly takes into account the leading and next-to-leading contributions due to the emission of two hard photons is presented. Both collinear and semi-collinear kinematical regions are considered. The results are illustrated by numerical calculations.Comment: 13 pages, LaTeX, 1 PostScript figure, submitted to Nucl. Phys.

Josephson Current in S-FIF-S Junctions: Nonmonotonic Dependence on Misorientation Angle

Spectra and spin structures of Andreev interface states in S-FIF-S junctions are investigated with emphasis on finite transparency and misorientation angle between in-plane magnetizations of ferromagnetic layers in a three-layer interface. It is demonstrated that the Josephson current in S-FIF-S quantum point contacts can exhibit a nonmonotonic dependence on the misorientation angle. The characteristic behavior takes place, if the pi-state is the equilibrium state of the junction in the particular case of parallel magnetizations.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure

Small-Angle Bhabha Scattering at LEP1. Analytical Results for Wide-Narrow Angular Acceptance

Analytical formulae for small-angle Bhabha scattering cross-section at LEP1 are given for the case of wide-narrow angular acceptance. Inclusive and calorimeter event selections are considered. Numerical results are presented.Comment: 13 pages, LaTeX, submitted to Phys. Lett. B, corrected according to referee remark

Observation of the optical analogue of quantized conductance of a point contact

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Observation of the optical analogue of the quantised conductance of a point contact

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Finite temperature effects in Coulomb blockade quantum dots and signatures of spectral scrambling

The conductance in Coulomb blockade quantum dots exhibits sharp peaks whose spacings fluctuate with the number of electrons. We derive the temperature-dependence of these fluctuations in the statistical regime and compare with recent experimental results. The scrambling due to Coulomb interactions of the single-particle spectrum with the addition of an electron to the dot is shown to affect the temperature-dependence of the peak spacing fluctuations. Spectral scrambling also leads to saturation in the temperature dependence of the peak-to-peak correlator, in agreement with recent experimental results. The signatures of scrambling are derived using discrete Gaussian processes, which generalize the Gaussian ensembles of random matrices to systems that depend on a discrete parameter -- in this case, the number of electrons in the dot.Comment: 14 pages, 4 eps figures included, RevTe

Small-Angle Bhabha Scattering

We present the calculation of the elastic and inelastic high--energy small--angle electron--positron scattering with a {\it per mille} accuracy. PACS numbers 12.15.Lk, 12.20.--m, 12.20.Ds, 13.40.--fComment: 10 pages, Latex file epsfig.st

Magnetic exchange interaction induced by a Josephson current

We show that a Josephson current flowing through a ferromagnet-normal-metal-ferromagnet trilayer connected to two superconducting electrodes induces an equilibrium exchange interaction between the magnetic moments of the ferromagnetic layers. The sign and magnitude of the interaction can be controlled by the phase difference between the order parameters of the two superconductors. We present a general framework to calculate the Josephson current induced magnetic exchange interaction in terms of the scattering matrices of the different layers. The effect should be observable as the periodic switching of the relative orientation of the magnetic moments of the ferromagnetic layers in the ac Josephson effect.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figure