Brane bounce-type configurations in a string-like scenario

Brane world six dimensional scenarios with string like metric has been proposed to alleviate the problem of field localization. However, these models have been suffering from some drawbacks related with energy conditions as well as from difficulties to find analytical solutions. In this work, we propose a model where a brane is made of a scalar field with bounce-type configurations and embedded in a bulk with a string-like metric. This model produces a sound AdS scenario where none of the important physical quantities is infinite. Among these quantities are the components of the energy momentum tensor, which have its positivity ensured by a suitable choice of the bounce configurations. Another advantage of this model is that the warp factor can be obtained analytically from the equations of motion for the scalar field, obtaining as a result a thick brane configuration, in a six dimensional context. Moreover, the study of the scalar field localization in these scenario is done.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures. To appear in Physics Letters

Graviton resonances on two-field thick branes

This work presents new results about the graviton massive spectrum in two-field thick branes. Analyzing the massive spectra with a relative probability method we have firstly showed the presence of resonance structures and obtained a connection between the thickness of the defect and the lifetimes of such resonances. We obtain another interesting results considering the degenerate Bloch brane solutions. In these thick brane models, we have the emergence of a splitting effect controlled by a degeneracy parameter. When the degeneracy constant tends to a critical value, we have found massive resonances to the gravitational field indicating the existence of modes highly coupled to the brane. We also discussed the influence of the brane splitting effect over the resonance lifetimes.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figure

Effect of long range spatial correlations on the lifetime statistics of an emitter in a two-dimensional disordered lattice

The effect of spatial correlations on the Purcell effect in a bidimensional dispersion of resonant nanoparticles is analyzed. We perform extensive calculations on the fluorescence decay rate of a point emitter embedded in a system of nanoparticles statistically distributed according to a simple 2D lattice-gas model near the critical point. For short-range correlations (high temperature thermalization) the Purcell factors present a long-tailed statistic which evolves towards a bimodal distribution when approaching the critical point where the spatial correlation length diverges. Our results suggest long-range correlations as a possible origin of the large fluctuations of experimental decay rates in disordered metal films.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure

Novos dados petrográficos, geoquímicos e isotópicos sobre a área de concessão de Boa Fé (Montemor-o-Novo, Zona de Ossa-Morena)

A área do estudo situa-se na Zona de Cisalhamento de Montemor-o-Novo (Maciço de Évora, Zona de Ossa-Morena - ZOM). O trabalho incidiu sobre amostras de metassedimentos e metabasitos da Série Negra (Ediacarano), bem como de granitos tardi-variscos. Os metassedimentos vão de micaxistos a paragnaisses com a associação, de pico metamórfico, Qz+Pl+Bt+Ms+Opq ±Tur±Sil±Crd+Zrn. Os metabasitos são anfibolitos com paragénese Pl+Hbl+Qz+Mag+Ilm±Bt. Quer nos metassedimentos quer nos metabasitos, existem testemunhos de duas fases de deformação importantes, sendo uma xistosidade de crenulação a estrutura mais penetrativa. Aquelas duas fases de deformação dúctil deverão corresponder às fases variscas D1 e D2 do autóctone da ZOM. Ocorreu ainda deformação posterior, testemunhada por kinks e processos de subgranulação e recristalização afetando alguns grãos em zonas confinadas às proximidades imediatas de fraturas tardias, a qual deverá relacionar-se com a fase D3. Os granitos tardi-variscos são fortemente peraluminosos, tendo como minerais mais abundantes quartzo, microclina, plagioclase sódica e moscovite. Como acessórios ocorrem biotite, zircão, apatite, opacos, turmalina e silimanite. Em termos isotópicos, os valores de εSr320Ma variam entre +93 e +182, enquanto a gama de valores para εNd320Ma vai de -6.7 a -9.0, compatíveis com um forte contributo de anatexia dos metassedimentos da Série Negra na génese dos magmas que deram origem aos granitos tardi-variscos.The study area is located within the Montemor-o-Novo Shear Zone (Évora Massif, Ossa-Morena Zone - OMZ). The analysed samples are of metasediments and metabasites of the Série Negra lithostratigraphic unit (Ediacaran) and of late-Variscan granites. The metasediments are micaschists to paragneisses displaying Qz+Pl+Bt+Ms+Opq±Tur±Sil±Crd+Zrn as peak metamorphic assemblage. The metabasites are amphibolites displaying the paragenesis Pl+Hbl+Qz+Mag+Ilm±Bt. Microstructures observed in both types of metamorphic rocks document two major ductile deformation phases. The most penetrative tectonic anisotropy is a crenulation schistosity. Those major deformation phases probably correspond to the Variscan D1 and D2, previously recognized in the autochthon of the OMZ. There is also evidence for a later deformation stage, likely related to the Variscan D3: some grains, in narrow zones adjacent to late fractures, show kinks or were affected by subgranulation and recrystallization. The studied late-Variscan granites are strongly peraluminous, and have quartz, microcline, Na-plagioclase and muscovite as the most abundant minerals. Biotite, zircon, apatite, opaques, tourmaline and sillimanite occur as accessory minerals. Considering isotope geochemistry, εSr320Ma varies between +93 and +182, whilst the εNd320Ma values go from -6.7 to -9.0. These data can be explained by a strong involvement of anatexis of the Série Negra metasediments in the genesis of the granitic magmas

Chaos and Synchronized Chaos in an Earthquake Model

We show that chaos is present in the symmetric two-block Burridge-Knopoff model for earthquakes. This is in contrast with previous numerical studies, but in agreement with experimental results. In this system, we have found a rich dynamical behavior with an unusual route to chaos. In the three-block system, we see the appearance of synchronized chaos, showing that this concept can have potential applications in the field of seismology.Comment: To appear in Physical Review Letters (13 pages, 6 figures