We derive the full microscopic set of equations governing small oscillations :(1) in the magnitude of the superconducting order parameter (the Schmid mode), (2) the phase of the order parameter in a neutral superfluid (the Anderson-BogoIiubov mode), and (3) the coupled oscillations in the phase of the order parameter and in the electric field (the transverse, or CarlsonGoldman mode). The derivation is not limited by the restrictions of previous papers. No limitations are required for the magnitude of the frequency, the concentration of impurities, or the magnitude of the temperature. Special attention is given to the Carlson-Goldman (CG) mode, whose dispersion law frequency (oJ) vs. wave vector (k) and damping is calculated. The velocity of the CG mode in the propagation region oJ/Ik [ is found to equal c= [22xDx(21rTr)], where D is the diffusion constant and X is the function appearing in the theory of superconducting alloys. In the dirty (l << ~:o) and clean (l >> ~o) limits, this expression reduces to those previously derived by Schmid and Sch6n, and by Artemenko and Volkov, respectively. At large values of k, the frequency of the CG mode approaches a limiting value of 2 h. The damping is small in this limit and tends to zero as Ik[ increases.Our results are obtained by calculating the linear response of a superconductor to a perturbation in the magnitude and phase of the order parameter, and the electromagnetic potentials. The response of the superconductor to these perturbations is calculated by properly continuing the thermodynamic perturbation function of linear response from imaginary frequencies to the real ones, then inserting into the self-consistency BCS equation and Poisson's *

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The d.c. Josephson effect in superconducting microbridges has been studied in terms of the microscopic theory of superconductivity. Current-phase relation, I (ϕ), and a critical current value, Ic(T), have been obtained and shown to be different from those quantities corresponding to the tunnel junction. These differences are most pronounced at low temperatures and for the pure constrictions : l≫a, l : being the electron mean free path and a : the radius of the orifice connecting two superconductors. In the latter case [MATH

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