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Absence of Gluonic Components in Axial and Tensor Mesons
A quarkonium-gluonium mixing scheme previously developed to describe the
characteristic of the pseudoscalar mesons is applied to axial and tensor
mesons. The parameters of the model are determined by fitting the eigenvalues
of a mass matrix. The corresponding eigenvectors give the proportion of light
quarks, strange quarks and glueball in each meson. However the predictions of
the model for branching ratios and electromagnetic decays are incompatible with
the experimental results. These results suggest the absence of gluonic
components in the states of axial and tensor isosinglet mesons analyzed here.Comment: 12 page
Chemical abundances and kinematics of barium stars
In this paper we present an homogeneous analysis of photospheric abundances
based on high-resolution spectroscopy of a sample of 182 barium stars and
candidates. We determined atmospheric parameters, spectroscopic distances,
stellar masses, ages, luminosities and scale height, radial velocities,
abundances of the Na, Al, -elements, iron-peak elements, and s-process
elements Y, Zr, La, Ce, and Nd. We employed the local-thermodynamic-equilibrium
model atmospheres of Kurucz and the spectral analysis code {\sc moog}. We found
that the metallicities, the temperatures and the surface gravities for barium
stars can not be represented by a single gaussian distribution. The abundances
of -elements and iron peak elements are similar to those of field giants
with the same metallicity. Sodium presents some degree of enrichment in more
evolved stars that could be attributed to the NeNa cycle. As expected, the
barium stars show overabundance of the elements created by the s-process. By
measuring the mean heavy-element abundance pattern as given by the ratio
[s/Fe], we found that the barium stars present several degrees of enrichment.
We also obtained the [hs/ls] ratio by measuring the photospheric abundances of
the Ba-peak and the Zr-peak elements. Our results indicated that the [s/Fe] and
the [hs/ls] ratios are strongly anti-correlated with the metallicity. Our
kinematical analysis showed that 90% of the barium stars belong to the thin
disk population. Based on their luminosities, none of the barium stars are
luminous enough to be an AGB star, nor to become self-enriched in the s-process
elements. Finally, we determined that the barium stars also follow an
age-metallicity relation.Comment: 30 pages, 26 figures, 18 tables, accepted for publication in MNRA
The formation of planetary disks and winds: an ultraviolet view
Planetary systems are angular momentum reservoirs generated during star
formation. This accretion process produces very powerful engines able to drive
the optical jets and the molecular outflows. A fraction of the engine energy is
released into heating thus the temperature of the engine ranges from the 3000K
of the inner disk material to the 10MK in the areas where magnetic reconnection
occurs. There are important unsolved problems concerning the nature of the
engine, its evolution and the impact of the engine in the chemical evolution of
the inner disk. Of special relevance is the understanding of the shear layer
between the stellar photosphere and the disk; this layer controls a significant
fraction of the magnetic field building up and the subsequent dissipative
processes ougth to be studied in the UV.
This contribution focus on describing the connections between 1 Myr old suns
and the Sun and the requirements for new UV instrumentation to address their
evolution during this period. Two types of observations are shown to be needed:
monitoring programmes and high resolution imaging down to, at least,
milliarsecond scales.Comment: Accepted for publication in Astrophysics and Space Science 9 figure
Restoring observed classical behavior of the carbon nanotube field emission enhancement factor from the electronic structure
Experimental Fowler-Nordheim plots taken from orthodoxly behaving carbon
nanotube (CNT) field electron emitters are known to be linear. This shows that,
for such emitters, there exists a characteristic field enhancement factor (FEF)
that is constant for a range of applied voltages and applied macroscopic fields
. A constant FEF of this kind can be evaluated for classical CNT
emitter models by finite-element and other methods, but (apparently contrary to
experiment) several past quantum-mechanical (QM) CNT calculations find
FEF-values that vary with . A common feature of most such
calculations is that they focus only on deriving the CNT real-charge
distributions. Here we report on calculations that use density functional
theory (DFT) to derive real-charge distributions, and then use these to
generate the related induced-charge distributions and related fields and FEFs.
We have analysed three carbon nanostructures involving CNT-like nanoprotrusions
of various lengths, and have also simulated geometrically equivalent classical
emitter models, using finite-element methods. We find that when the
DFT-generated local induced FEFs (LIFEFs) are used, the resulting values are
effectively independent of macroscopic field, and behave in the same
qualitative manner as the classical FEF-values. Further, there is fair to good
quantitative agreement between a characteristic FEF determined classically and
the equivalent characteristic LIFEF generated via DFT approaches. Although many
issues of detail remain to be explored, this appears to be a significant step
forwards in linking classical and QM theories of CNT electrostatics. It also
shows clearly that, for ideal CNTs, the known experimental constancy of the FEF
value for a range of macroscopic fields can also be found in appropriately
developed QM theory.Comment: A slightly revised version has been published - citation below -
under a title different from that originally used. The new title is:
"Restoring observed classical behavior of the carbon nanotube field emission
enhancement factor from the electronic structure
Cultura do girassol: tecnologia de produção.
Escolha da area e preparo do solo; Correcao da acidez; Adubacao; Epoca de plantio; Plantio; Densidade; Controle de plantas daninhas; Doencas e pragas; Colheita.bitstream/item/60796/1/Documentos-67.pd
Cultura do girassol: tecnologia de produção.
Escolha de area e preparo do solo; Correcao da acidez; Adubacao; Epoca de plantio; Plantio; Densidade; Controle de plantas daninhas; Doencas e pragas; Colheita.bitstream/item/61288/1/Documentos-67-1996.pdf2. ed. rev. aum
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