An Analytical Expression for the Non-Singlet Structure Functions at Small xx in the Double Logarithmic Approximation

A simple analytic expression for the non-singlet structure function $f_{NS}$ is given. The expression is derived from the result of Ref. [1] obtained by low $x$ resummation of the quark ladder diagrams in the double logarithmic approximation of perturbative QCD.Comment: 5 pages, A few comments and refs are adde

Consumers and Experts: An Econometric Analysis of the Demand for Water Heaters

Consumers can accumulate product information on the basis of a combination of searching, product advertising and expert advice.Examples of experts who provide product information include doctors advising patients on treatments, motor mechanics diagnosing car problems and recommending repairs, accountants recommending investment strategies, and plumbers making recommendations on alternative water heaters.In each of these examples, the transactions involve the sale of goods and services where the seller is at the same time an expert providing advice on the amount and type of product or service to be purchased.In the case of water heaters, the plumber advising a consumer on their choice of water heater will most likely also install the appliance.Because of the information asymmetry there is potentially a strategic element in the transmission of information from expert to consumer.This paper reports on an econometric investigation of the factors that determine the choices made by consumers and the recommendations made by plumbers and the extent to which plumbers act in the best interests of their customers.The empirical work is made possible by the availability of stated preference data generated by designed experiments involving separate samples of Australian consumers and plumbers.We find some evidence that plumbers have higher preferences than consumers for heater characteristics that increase their profit margin.consumers;demand;product information;advertising;investment;econometrics

Next-leading BFKL effects in forward-jet production at HERA

We show that next-leading logarithmic (NLL) Balitsky-Fadin-Kuraev-Lipatov (BFKL) effects can be tested by the forward-jet cross sections recently measured at HERA. For d\sigma/dx, the NLL corrections are small which confirms the stability of the BFKL description. The triple differential cross section d\sigma/dxdk_T^2dQ^2 is sensitive to NLL effects and opens the way for an experimental test of the full BFKL theoretical framework at NLL accuracy.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, NLL-BFKL saddle-point approximation now compared with exact integration, version to appear in PL

Enhanced Molecular Orientation Induced by Molecular Anti-Alignment

We explore the role of laser induced anti-alignment in enhancing molecular orientation. A field-free enhanced orientation via anti-alignment scheme is presented, which combines a linearly polarized femtosecond laser pulse with a half-cycle pulse. The laser pulse induces transient anti-alignment in the plane orthogonal to the field polarization, while the half-cycle pulse leads to the orientation. We identify two qualitatively different enhancement mechanisms depending on the pulse order, and optimize their effects using classical and quantum models both at zero and non-zero temperature

Conformal invariant saturation

We show that, in onium-onium scattering at (very) high energy, a transition to saturation happens due to quantum fluctuations of QCD dipoles. This transition starts when the order $\alpha^2$ correction of the dipole loop is compensated by its faster energy evolution, leading to a negative interference with the tree level amplitude. After a derivation of the the one-loop dipole contribution using conformal invariance of the elastic 4-gluon amplitude in high energy QCD, we obtain an exact expression of the saturation line in the plane (Y,L) where Y is the total rapidity and L, the logarithm of the onium scale ratio. It shows universal features implying the Balitskyi - Fadin - Kuraev - Lipatov (BFKL) evolution kernel and the square of the QCD triple Pomeron vertex. For large L, only the higher BFKL Eigenvalue contributes, leading to a saturation depending on leading log perturbative QCD characteristics. For initial onium scales of same order, however, it involves an unlimited summation over all conformal BFKL Eigenstates. In all cases, conformal invariance is preserved for the saturation mechanism based on dipole loops.Comment: 15 pages,3 eps figures; Version to be published in Nucl.Phys.B., one more figure, writing improvements, results and conclusion unchange

Solar cell cover glass development Final report

High vacuum ion beam sputtering of integral coverslips for solar cell utilizatio

Three Jet Events and New Strong Couplings at LEP and NLC

We study the effects of new dimension--6 operators, resulting from a general $SU(3)_C \otimes SU(2)_L \otimes U(1)_Y$ invariant effective Lagrangian, on three jet production at LEP and at the Next Linear Collider. Contributions to the total event rate and to some event shape variables are analysed in order to establish bounds on these operators.Comment: 5 pages, LaTeX, 1 Figur