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Description of self-synchronization effects in distributed Josephson junction arrays using harmonic analysis and power balance
Power generation and synchronisation in Josephson junction arrays have
attracted attention for a long time. This stems from fundamental interest in
nonlinear coupled systems as well as from potential in practical applications.
In this paper we study the case of an array of junctions coupled to a
distributed transmission line either driven by an external microwave or in a
self-oscillating mode. We simplify the theoretical treatment in terms of
harmonic analysis and power balance. We apply the model to explain the large
operation margins of SNS- and SINIS-junction arrays. We show the validity of
the approach by comparing with experiments and simulations with
self-oscillating es-SIS junction arrays.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Can competition among local governments constrain government spending?
An examination of the relationship between the number of local governmental units and the share of personal income going to local government expenditures, considering competition among both general-purpose and single-purpose government units.Expenditures, Public ; Municipal finance
Wagner's hypothesis: a local perspective
Wagner's hypothesis of an expanding public sector as an economy develops is tested using pooled time-series cross-sectional data for U.S. states from 1964 to 1986. Comparing government size among fiscal jurisdictions within a single nation reduces the problems of data comparability and of controlling for cultural and institutional differences that plague the more common international tests of this theory. Our results are inconsistent with Wagner's hypothesis, yielding a negative relationship between public-sector size and output. However, some empirical support is found in the protective services and public welfare components of government activity.Expenditures, Public
Structure, conduct, and performance in the local public sector
An examination of the relationship between the number of local governments within local labor markets and their expenditures, finding empirical support in both suburbs and central cities for the connection between the structure of the local public service market and its performance.Local government ; Competition
On the theoretical uncertainties in the muon anomalous magnetic moment
I present a fairly detailed discussion of various contributions to the
anomalous magnetic moment of the muon a_mu. I try to give an unbiased
evaluation of the validity of the SM prediction for this quantity and to point
out some delicate issues involved in its calculation. I conclude that the
theory uncertainties in the SM prediction for the muon anomalous magnetic
moment are underestimated and a great deal of work will be required to reduce
these uncertainties to the level required by experiment.Comment: 12 pages, revte
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Photon Collider Technology Overview
The photon collider option requires the generation of large amounts of laser power to drive the Compton scattering. The selection of the superconducting RF for the baseline of the ILC makes a recirculating solution attractive. A baseline for a recirculating cavity for the photon collider has been developed by a team [1, 2] at DESY/Zeuthen and the Max Born Institute. Similar cavities at much lower scale are being developed for laser wire and Compton polarimeter applications. The current status of the laser technology and a proposal for future development are reviewed. The impact of the {gamma}{gamma} experiment on the accelerator and detector is also discussed
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Photon Collider Physics with Real Photon Beams
Photon-photon interactions have been an important probe into fundamental particle physics. Until recently, the only way to produce photon-photon collisions was parasitically in the collision of charged particles. Recent advances in short-pulse laser technology have made it possible to consider producing high intensity, tightly focused beams of real photons through Compton scattering. A linear e{sup +}e{sup -} collider could thus be transformed into a photon-photon collider with the addition of high power lasers. In this paper they show that it is possible to make a competitive photon-photon collider experiment using the currently mothballed Stanford Linear Collider. This would produce photon-photon collisions in the GeV energy range which would allow the discovery and study of exotic heavy mesons with spin states of zero and two
Two photon decay of the pseudoscalars, the chiral symmetry breaking corrections
The extrapolation of the decay amplitudes of the pseudoscalar mesons into two
photons from the soft meson limit where it is obtained from the axial-anomaly
to the mass shell involves the contribution of the 0^ - continuum. These chiral
symmetry breaking corrections turn out to be large. The effects of these
corrections on the calculated pi ^0 decay rate, on the values of the
singlet-octet mixing angle and on the ratios f_8 / f_pi and f_0 / f_pi are
discussed. The implications for the transition form factors gamma gamma* -->
pseudoscalars are also evaluated and confronted with the available experimental
data.Comment: Computational errors straightened and study of the implications on
the form factors of the transitions gamma gamma* --> pseudoscalars adde
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