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Allowed charge transfers between coherent conductors driven by a time-dependent scatterer
We derive constraints on the statistics of the charge transfer between two
conductors in the model of arbitrary time-dependent instant scattering of
non-interacting fermions at zero temperature. The constraints are formulated in
terms of analytic properties of the generating function: its zeroes must lie on
the negative real axis. This result generalizes existing studies for scattering
by a time-independent scatterer under time-dependent bias voltage.Comment: 5 pages, no figures, corrected misprints and minor changes in version
Factorization of quantum charge transport for non-interacting fermions
We show that the statistics of the charge transfer of non-interacting
fermions through a two-lead contact is generalized binomial, at any temperature
and for any form of the scattering matrix: an arbitrary charge-transfer process
can be decomposed into independent single-particle events. This result
generalizes previous studies of adiabatic pumping at zero temperature and of
transport induced by bias voltage.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figures, typos corrected, references adde
On the polarization properties of the charmed baryon Lambda^+_c in the Lambda^+_c -> p + K^- + pi^+ + pi^0 decay
The polarization properties of the charmed Lambda^+_c baryon are investigated
in weak non-leptonic four-body Lambda^+_c -> p + K^- + pi^+ + pi^0 decay. The
probability of this decay and the angular distribution of the probability are
calculated in the effective quark model with chiral U(3)XU(3) symmetry
incorporating Heavy Quark Effective theory (HQET) and the extended
Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model with a linear realization of chiral U(3)XU(3)
symmetry. The theoretical value of the probability of the decay Lambda^+_c -> p
+ K^- + pi^+ + pi^0 relative to the probability of the decay Lambda^+_c -> p +
K^- + pi^+ does not contain free parameters and fits well experimental data.
The application of the obtained results to the analysis of the polarization of
the Lambda^+_c produced in the processes of photo and hadroproduction is
discussed.Comment: 10 pages, no figures, Late
Coulomb effects in a ballistic one-channel S-S-S device
We develop a theory of Coulomb oscillations in superconducting devices in the
limit of small charging energy . We consider a small
superconducting grain of finite capacity connected to two superconducting leads
by nearly ballistic single-channel quantum point contacts. The temperature is
supposed to be very low, so there are no single-particle excitations on the
grain. Then the behavior of the system may be described as quantum mechanics of
the superconducting phase on the island. The Josephson energy as a function of
this phase has two minima which become degenerate at the phase difference on
the leads equal to , the tunneling amplitude between them being controlled
by the gate voltage at the grain. We find the Josephson current and its
low-frequency fluctuations and predict their periodic dependence on the induced
charge with period .Comment: 11 pages, REVTeX, 10 figures, uses eps
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