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On the dependence of the avalanche angle on the granular layer thickness
A layer of sand of thickness h flows down a rough surface if the inclination
is larger than some threshold value theta which decreases with h. A tentative
microscopic model for the dependence of theta with h is proposed for rigid
frictional grains, based on the following hypothesis: (i) a horizontal layer of
sand has some coordination z larger than a critical value z_c where mechanical
stability is lost (ii) as the tilt angle is increased, the configurations
visited present a growing proportion $_s of sliding contacts. Instability with
respect to flow occurs when z-z_s=z_c. This criterion leads to a prediction for
theta(h) in good agreement with empirical observations.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figure
Nontrivial temporal scaling in a Galilean stick-slip dynamics
We examine the stick-slip fluctuating response of a rough massive
non-rotating cylinder moving on a rough inclined groove which is submitted to
weak external perturbations and which is maintained well below the angle of
repose. The experiments presented here, which are reminiscent of the Galileo's
works with rolling objects on inclines, have brought in the last years
important new insights into the friction between surfaces in relative motion
and are of relevance for earthquakes, differing from classical block-spring
models by the mechanism of energy input in the system. Robust nontrivial
temporal scaling laws appearing in the dynamics of this system are reported,
and it is shown that the time-support where dissipation occurs approaches a
statistical fractal set with a fixed value of dimension. The distribution of
periods of inactivity in the intermittent motion of the cylinder is also
studied and found to be closely related to the lacunarity of a random version
of the classic triadic Cantor set on the line.Comment: 7 pages including 6 figure
Confining potential in a color dielectric medium with parallel domain walls
We study quark confinement in a system of two parallel domain walls
interpolating different color dielectric media. We use the phenomenological
approach in which the confinement of quarks appears considering the QCD vacuum
as a color dielectric medium. We explore this phenomenon in QCD_2, where the
confinement of the color flux between the domain walls manifests, in a scenario
where two 0-branes (representing external quark and antiquark) are connected by
a QCD string. We obtain solutions of the equations of motion via first-order
differential equations. We find a new color confining potential that increases
monotonically with the distance between the domain walls.Comment: RevTex4, 5 pages, 1 figure; version to appear in Int. J. Mod. Phys.
Noncommutative correction to the entropy of BTZ black hole with GUP
We investigate the effect of noncommutativity and quantum corrections to the
temperature and entropy of a BTZ black hole based on a Lorentzian distribution
with the generalized uncertainty principle (GUP). To determine the Hawking
radiation in the tunneling formalism we apply the Hamilton-Jacobi method by
using the Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) approach. In the present study we
have obtained logarithmic corrections to entropy due to the effect of
noncommutativity and GUP. We also address the issue concerning stability of the
non-commutative BTZ black hole by investigating its modified specific heat
capacity.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figures; published version in AHE
Tiling the plane without supersymmetry
We present a way of tiling the plane with a regular hexagonal network of
defects. The network is stable and follows in consequence of the
three-junctions that appear in a model of two real scalar fields that presents
symmetry. The symmetry is effective in both the vacuum and defect
sectors, and no supersymmetry is required to build the network.Comment: Revtex, 4 pages, 1 ps figure; version to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
Metodologia cientĂfica: determinação da atividade antioxidante total em frutas no sistema beta-caroteno/ácido linolĂ©ico.
Neste comunicado, são relatadas todas as informações necessárias para a determinação da atividade antioxidante total em frutas no sistema beta-caroteno/ácido linoléico, baseadas em adaptações/modificações feitas nos laboratórios da Embrpa Agroindústria Tropical.bitstream/CNPAT-2010/11963/1/cot-126.pd
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