Áxions, májorons e neutrinos em extensões do modelo padrão

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

O bóson de Higgs no modelo padrão das interações eletrofracas: aspectos fenomenológicos do setor escalar e resultados experimentais

Pós-graduação em Física - FEG

New physics from warped compact extra dimensions: from model building to colliders signals

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Simetria discreta 'S IND. 3' como uma possível extensão para o Modelo Padrão

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

O modelo padrão das interações eletrofracas: aspectos fenomenológicos do setor escalar e sua extensão supersimétrica

Pós-graduação em Física - FEG

Despertando responsabilidade social no ensino médio por meio de temáticas associadas à física nuclear

Many discussions about the role of the school are on the agenda, in an increasingly complex society. Sociologists, educators, anthropologists, researchers of different areas seek that role. The objective of this dissertation is to contribute what we can consider the central role for the physics teaching, citizenship training. We have elaborated a didactic proposal to increase the interest of high school students on issues of social relevance and, throughout it, to promote the formation of attitudes of social responsibility, enhancing the formation of a more politically and socially active citizen. For the preparation of the proposal, studies were made on education for citizenship and on attitudes change, using as its main theoretical foundation the researches on the Science, Technology and Society curricular emphasis. The teaching of Nuclear Physics was integrated to our proposal, due to its pedagogical potential for the discussion of social, political and economic subjects related to scientific concepts and associated technologies. The educational proposal we have produced was applied on a high school class of a private school at Natal-RN. It was composed from the controversial issue involving the installation of nuclear power plants in Brazilian northeast. The methodology of role playing, in which students assumed social roles and produced specific subsidies for a public hearing and a later referendum, both simulated. In the analysis of the implementation of the proposal, we highlighted the difficulties but also the possibilities and the relevance of exercising skills such as reasoning, finding information, and arguing about of social problems. The results of the research showed the possibility of meaningful learning on Nuclear Physics contents, through this social, political, economic, scientific and technological contextualization using a controversial and real issue together with mechanisms that trigger for greater popular participation, as public hearing. It has also been identified changes in attitude by some students about issues related to Nuclear Physics. We hope, through this dissertation, to contribute to the formation of future citizens as well as to the initiative of teachers-researchers with pedagogical aims similar to those in the present work

Creación de experiencias virtuales en física nuclear

El estudio de la radiactividad y su influencia en los seres vivos es un tema fundamental para la formación de los alumnos de los grados en Biología y Ciencias del Mar, y por lo tanto aparece incluido en el plan de estudios de la asignatura de Física de las dos carreras anteriormente mencionadas. A pesar de esto, dicha signatura no cuenta con ninguna práctica de laboratorio en el tema de radiactividad. Esto es debido, principalmente, al alto coste de los equipos y a cuestiones de seguridad. Con el objetivo de solventar este problema en la formación de los alumnos de Física hemos programado, usando el lenguaje JAVA, dos prácticas de laboratorio virtuales en el área de radiactividad. En una de las experiencias, el alumno mide la evolución de la actividad de una muestra radiactiva con el tiempo y a partir de esto podrá obtener la vida media del isótopo radiactivo estudiado, calcular la cantidad de isótopo que queda en la muestra al transcurrir un cierto tiempo, o evaluar el tiempo necesario que debe de transcurrir para que quede un cierto porcentaje del material radiactivo inicial. En la otra experiencia la medición de la actividad y la masa de una muestra dada de carbono de origen biológico, permitirá establecer la edad de la muestra usando el método del 14C. En ambas prácticas el alumno utiliza el instrumental virtual tal y como si estuviera en un laboratorio real con el instrumental adecuado. La interactividad de la práctica y la posibilidad de realizarla fuera de la universidad, a través de internet, hacen de los experimentos virtuales diseñados un excelente complemento a las prácticas tradicionales de laboratorio.

THE ROLE OF DARK MATTER INTERACTION IN GALAXY CLUSTERS

We consider a toy del to analyze the consequences of dark matter interaction with a dark energy background on the overall rotation of galaxy clusters and the misalignment between their dark matter and baryon distributions when compared to ACDM predictions. The interaction parameters are found via a genetic algorithm search. The results obtained suggest that interaction is a basic phenomenon whose effects are detectable even in simple models of galactic dynamics.

Física de sabores e modelos multi-Higgs

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Equações de estado exóticas na equação de Einstein

Pós-graduação em Física - IFT

Supersimetria e o modelo mínimo supersimétrico

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Estudo de Monte Carlo da produção de nova ressonância neutra decaindo em dois bósons vetoriais no experimento CMS

Pós-graduação em Física - IFT