Efeito da disponibilidade de água e de luz na colonização micorrízica e no crescimento de Tabebuia avellanedae Lorentz ex Griseb. (Bignoniaceae)

Em plantas cultivadas em substrato não esterilizado, inoculado ou não com fungos micorrízicos arbusculares, analisou-se, através de dois experimentos em separado, o efeito de quatro intensidades de luz (70%, 50%, 30% e 4% da luz solar incidente) e de dois regimes hídricos (saturado e insaturado) sobre o crescimento e micorrização de plântulas de Tabebuia avellanedae Lorentz ex Griseb. (ipê-roxo; Bignoniaceae). As variáveis analisadas foram área foliar, massa seca à altura do caule, taxas de crescimento, densidade estomática, teor de prolina e intensidade de colonização micorrízica. As plântulas apresentaram diferenças morfológicas, fisiológicas e na intensidade de colonização micorrízica, em função dos tratamentos aplicados. Essas diferenças foram no sentido de minimizar os possíveis estresses causados por intensidade luminosa e disponibilidade hídrica desfavoráveis. Os resultados permitiram o relato de que os ajustamentos morfológicos e fisiológicos apresentados pela espécie podem conferir a ela vantagens no estabelecimento de plântulas em clareiras e ambientes mais secos e, também, na sobrevivência em ambientes mais sombreados.

Spacelike maximal surfaces in 3D Lorentz-Minkowski space

We investigate spacelike maximal surfaces in 3-dimensional Lorentz-Minkowski space, give an Enneper-Weierstrass representation of such surfaces and classify those with a Lorentzian or Euclidian rotation symmetry.

Recurrence and higher ergodic properties for quenched random Lorentz tubes in dimension bigger than two

We consider the billiard dynamics in a non-compact set of ℝ d that is constructed as a bi-infinite chain of translated copies of the same d-dimensional polytope. A random configuration of semi-dispersing scatterers is placed in each copy. The ensemble of dynamical systems thus defined, one for each global realization of the scatterers, is called quenched random Lorentz tube. Under some fairly general conditions, we prove that every system in the ensemble is hyperbolic and almost every system is recurrent, ergodic, and enjoys some higher chaotic properties.

Recurrence for quenched random Lorentz tubes

We consider the billiard dynamics in a striplike set that is tessellated by countably many translated copies of the same polygon. A random configuration of semidispersing scatterers is placed in each copy. The ensemble of dynamical systems thus defined, one for each global choice of scatterers, is called quenched random Lorentz tube. We prove that under general conditions, almost every system in the ensemble is recurrent.

Bjorling problem for timelike surfaces in the Lorentz-Minkowski space

We solve the Bjorling problem for timelike surfaces in the Lorentz-Minkowski space through a split-complex representation formula obtained for this kind of surface. Our approach uses the split-complex numbers and natural split-holomorphic extensions. As applications, we show that the minimal timelike surfaces of revolution as well as minimal ruled timelike surfaces can be characterized as solutions of certain adequate Bjorling problems in the Lorentz-Minkowski space. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Hamiltonian constraint analysis of vector field theories with spontaneous Lorentz symmetry breaking

Recent investigations of various quantum-gravity theories have revealed a variety of possible mechanisms that lead to Lorentz violation. One of the more elegant of these mechanisms is known as Spontaneous Lorentz Symmetry Breaking (SLSB), where a vector or tensor field acquires a nonzero vacuum expectation value. As a consequence of this symmetry breaking, massless Nambu-Goldstone modes appear with properties similar to the photon in Electromagnetism. This thesis considers the most general class of vector field theories that exhibit spontaneous Lorentz violation-known as bumblebee models-and examines their candidacy as potential alternative explanations of E&M, offering the possibility that Einstein-Maxwell theory could emerge as a result of SLSB rather than of local U(1) gauge invariance. With this aim we employ Dirac's Hamiltonian Constraint Analysis procedure to examine the constraint structures and degrees of freedom inherent in three candidate bumblebee models, each with a different potential function, and compare these results to those of Electromagnetism. We find that none of these models share similar constraint structures to that of E&M, and that the number of degrees of freedom for each model exceeds that of Electromagnetism by at least two, pointing to the potential existence of massive modes or propagating ghost modes in the bumblebee theories.

Vector Theory of Spontaneous Lorentz Violation

Classical electromagnetism predicts two massless propagating modes, which are known as the two polarizations of the photon. On the other hand, if the Lorentz symmetry of classical electromagnetism is spontaneously broken, the new theory will still have two massless Nambu-Goldstone modes resembling the photon. If the Lorentz symmetry is broken by a bumblebee potential that allows for excitations out of the minimum, then massive modes arise. Furthermore, in curved spacetime, such massive modes will be created through a process other than the usual Higgs mechanism because of the dependence of the bumblebee potential on both the vector field and the metric tensor. Also, it is found that these massive modes do not propagate due to the extra constraints.

Solução da equação advectivo-difusiva utilizando regras para manipulação de exponenciais de operadores diferenciais e simetrias de Lie : aplicações em engenharia ambiental

Vários métodos analíticos, numéricos e híbridos podem ser utilizados na solução de problemas de difusão e difusão-advecção. O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar dois métodos analíticos para obtenção de soluções em forma fechada da equação advectivo-difusiva em coordenadas cartesianas que descreve problemas de dispersão de poluentes na água e na atmosfera. Um deles é baseado em regras de manipulação de exponenciais de operadores diferenciais, e o outro consiste na aplicação de simetrias de Lie admitidas por uma equação diferencial parcial linear. Desenvolvem-se regras para manipulação de exponenciais de operadores diferenciais de segunda ordem com coeficientes constantes e para operadores advectivo-difusivos. Nos casos em que essas regras não podem ser aplicadas utiliza-se uma formulação para a obtenção de simetrias de Lie, admitidas por uma equação diferencial, via mapeamento. Define-se um operador diferencial com a propriedade de transformar soluções analíticas de uma dada equação diferencial em novas soluções analíticas da mesma equação. Nas aplicações referentes à dispersão de poluentes na água, resolve-se a equação advectivo-difusiva bidimensional com coeficientes variáveis, realizando uma mudança de variáveis de modo a reescrevê-la em termos do potencial velocidade e da função corrente correspondentes ao respectivo escoamento potencial, estendendo a solução para domínios de contornos arbitrários Na aplicação referente ao problema de dispersão de poluentes na atmosfera, realiza-se uma mudança de variáveis de modo a obter uma equação diferencial parcial com coeficientes constantes na qual se possam aplicar as regras de manipulação de exponenciais de operadores diferenciais. Os resultados numéricos obtidos são comparados com dados disponíveis na literatura. Diversas vantagens da aplicação das formulações apresentadas podem ser citadas, a saber, o aumento da velocidade de processamento, permitindo a obtenção de solução em tempo real; a redução da quantidade de memória requerida na realização de operações necessárias para a obtenção da solução analítica; a possibilidade de dispensar a discretização do domínio em algumas situações.

Lorentz-violating dilatations in momentum space and some extensions on nonlinear actions of Lorentz-algebra-preserving systems

We work on some general extensions of the formalism for theories which preserve the relativity of inertial frames with a nonlinear action of the Lorentz transformations on momentum space. Relativistic particle models invariant under the corresponding deformed symmetries are presented with particular emphasis on deformed dilatation transformations. The algebraic transformations relating the deformed symmetries with the usual (undeformed) ones are provided in order to preserve the Lorentz algebra. Two distinct cases are considered: a deformed dilatation transformation with a spacelike preferred direction and a very special relativity embedding with a lightlike preferred direction. In both analysis we consider the possibility of introducing quantum deformations of the corresponding symmetries such that the spacetime coordinates can be reconstructed and the particular form of the real space-momentum commutator remains covariant. Eventually feasible experiments, for which the nonlinear Lorentz dilatation effects here pointed out may be detectable, are suggested.

Lorentz invariance of the pure spinor BRST cohomology for the superstring

In a previous Letter. The BRST cohomology in the pure spinor formalism of the superstring was shown to coincide with the light-cone Green-Schwarz spectrum by using an SO(8) parameterization of the pure spinor. In this Letter, the SO(9, 1) Lorentz generators are explicitly constructed using this SO(8) parameterization, proving the Lorentz invariance of the pure spinor BRST cohomology. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier B.V. B.V.

Lorentz symmetry breaking and planar effects from non-linear electrodynamics

We propose a modification of standard linear electrodynamics in four dimensions, where effective non-trivial interactions of the electromagnetic field with itself and with matter fields induce Lorentz violating Chern-Simons terms. This yields two consequences: it provides a more realistic and general scenario for the breakdown of Lorentz symmetry in electromagnetism and it may explain the effective behavior of the electromagnetic field in certain planar phenomena (for instance, Hall effect). A number of proposals for non-linear electrodynamics is discussed along the paper. Important physical implications of the breaking of Lorentz symmetry, such as optical birefringence and the possibility of having conductance in the vacuum are commented on.

Lorentz Connections and Gravitation

The different roles played by Lorentz connections in general relativity and in teleparallel gravity are reviewed. Some of the consequences of this difference are discussed.

Fermi acceleration and its suppression in a time-dependent Lorentz gas

Some dynamical properties for a Lorentz gas were studied considering both static and time-dependent boundaries. For the static case, it was confirmed that the system has a chaotic component characterized with a positive Lyapunov exponent. For the time-dependent perturbation, the model was described using a four-dimensional nonlinear map. The behaviour of the average velocity is considered in two different situations: (i) non-dissipative and (ii) dissipative dynamics. Our results confirm that unlimited energy growth is observed for the non-dissipative case. However, and totally new for this model, when dissipation via inelastic collisions is introduced, the scenario changes and the unlimited energy growth is suppressed, thus leading to a phase transition from unlimited to limited energy growth. The behaviour of the average velocity is described using scaling arguments. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

In-flight and collisional dissipation as a mechanism to suppress Fermi acceleration in a breathing Lorentz gas

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