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Épocas de colheita, produção e qualidade de sementes de capim gordura.
Durante tres anos (1978 a 1980) foram realizados experimentos de producao de sementes de capim-gordura (Melinis minutiflora, Beauv), utilizando-se uma pastagem natural, estabelecida em solo de topografia inclinada representativo da Zona da Mata do Estado de Minas Gerais. O objetivo dos experimentos foi avaliar o potencial de producao, a melhor epoca de colheita de sementes desta especie e a sua viabilidade apos o armazenamento por um ano em condicoes ambientais. As melhores producoes foram obtidas quando as sementes colhidas apresentavam de 36 a 43% de umidade. O periodo mais favoravel para a realizacao da colheita, variou consideravelmente nos tres anos, numa amplitude de 20 a 35 dias apos a antese. Em cada ano, o perÃodo otimo de colheita foi de aproximadamente sete dias. Colheitas efetuadas quatro dias apos esse periodo ocasionaram uma perda media de 54% na producao de sementes puras viaveis. Sementes desta graminea apresentaram-se ligeiramente dormentes durante os primeiros meses de armazenamento. Nos tres anos, os maiores indices de germinacao foram 40, 79 e 45% e, valor cultural de 19, 43 e 37%, respectivamente, obtidos no sexto mes de armazenamento, declinando apos o nono mes
Gravitation and Duality Symmetry
By generalizing the Hodge dual operator to the case of soldered bundles, and
working in the context of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity, an
analysis of the duality symmetry in gravitation is performed. Although the
basic conclusion is that, at least in the general case, gravitation is not dual
symmetric, there is a particular theory in which this symmetry shows up. It is
a self dual (or anti-self dual) teleparallel gravity in which, due to the fact
that it does not contribute to the interaction of fermions with gravitation,
the purely tensor part of torsion is assumed to vanish. The ensuing fermionic
gravitational interaction is found to be chiral. Since duality is intimately
related to renormalizability, this theory may eventually be more amenable to
renormalization than teleparallel gravity or general relativity.Comment: 7 pages, no figures. Version 2: minor presentation changes,
references added. Accepted for publication in Int. J. Mod. Phys.
Gravitomagnetic Moments of the Fundamental Fields
The quadratic form of the Dirac equation in a Riemann spacetime yields a
gravitational gyromagnetic ratio \kappa_S = 2 for the interaction of a Dirac
spinor with curvature. A gravitational gyromagnetic ratio \kappa_S = 1 is also
found for the interaction of a vector field with curvature. It is shown that
the Dirac equation in a curved background can be obtained as the square--root
of the corresponding vector field equation only if the gravitational
gyromagnetic ratios are properly taken into account.Comment: 8 pages, RevTeX Style, no figures, changed presentation -- now
restricted to fields of spin 0, 1/2 and 1 -- some references adde
Mass Generation from Lie Algebra Extensions
Applied to the electroweak interactions, the theory of Lie algebra extensions
suggests a mechanism by which the boson masses are generated without resource
to spontaneous symmetry breaking. It starts from a gauge theory without any
additional scalar field. All the couplings predicted by the Weinberg-Salam
theory are present, and a few others which are nevertheless consistent within
the model.Comment: 11 pages; revtex; title and PACS have been changed; comments included
in the manuscrip
Primordial magnetic fields constrained by CMB anisotropies and dynamo cosmology
Magneto-curvature stresses could deform magnetic field lines and this would
give rise to back reaction and restoring magnetic stresses [Tsagas, PRL
(2001)]. Barrow et al [PRD (2008)] have shown in Friedman universe the
expansion to be slow down in spatial section of negative Riemann curvatures.
From Chicone et al [CMP (1997)] paper, proved that fast dynamos in compact 2D
manifold implies negatively constant Riemannian curvature, here one applies the
Barrow-Tsagas ideas to cosmic dynamos. Fast dynamo covariant stretching of
Riemann slices of cosmic Lobachevsky plane is given. Inclusion of advection
term on dynamo equations [Clarkson et al, MNRAS (2005)] is considered. In
absence of advection a fast dynamo is also obtained. Viscous and restoring
forces on stretching particles decrease, as magnetic rates increase. From COBE
data (), one computes stretching
.
Zeldovich et al has computed the maximum magnetic growth rate as
. From COBE data one computes
a lower growth rate for the magnetic field as
, well-within Zeldovich et al
estimate. Instead of the Harrison value one obtains the
lower primordial field which yields the
at the Big Bang time.Comment: Dept of theoretical physics-UERJ-Brasi
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