Phase Transition and Monopoles Densities in a Nearest Neighbors Two-Dimensional Spin Ice Model

In this work, we show that, due to the alternating orientation of the spins in the ground state of the artificial square spin ice, the influence of a set of spins at a certain distance of a reference spin decreases faster than the expected result for the long range dipolar interaction, justifying the use of the nearest neighbor two dimensional square spin ice model as an effective model. Using an extension of the model presented in ref. [Scientific Reports 5, 15875 (2015)], considering the influence of the eight nearest neighbors of each spin on the lattice, we analyze the thermodynamics of the model and study the monopoles and string densities dependence as a function of the temperature.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figure

Are Neutron-Rich Elements Produced in the Collapse of Strange Dwarfs ?

The structure of strange dwarfs and that of hybrid stars with same baryonic number is compared. There is a critical mass (M~0.24M_sun) in the strange dwarf branch, below which configurations with the same baryonic number in the hybrid star branch are more stable. If a transition occurs between both branches, the collapse releases an energy of about of 3x10^{50} erg, mostly under the form of neutrinos resulting from the conversion of hadronic matter onto strange quark matter. Only a fraction (~4%) is required to expel the outer neutron-rich layers. These events may contribute significantly to the chemical yield of nuclides with A>80 in the Galaxy, if their frequency is of about one per 1500 years.Comment: Accepted for publication in IJMP

Aumento da percepção ambiental das populações: estratégia adotada pela Embrapa Solos.

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Resistência do solo à penetração sob vegetação nativa e pastagem cultivada no Pantanal Sul-Mato-Grossense.

Este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar as alterações na resistência do solo à penetração em razão da conversão da vegetação arbórea nativa em pastagem cultivada no Pantanal Sul-Mato-Grossense. The objective of this work was to evaluate the alterations in soil resistance to penetration due to conversion of natural tree vegetation into cultivated pasture in the Pantanal wetlands, at south of Mato Grosso, Brazil

Equilibrium configurations for quark-diquark stars and the problem of Her X-1 mass

We report new calculations of the physical properties of a quark-diquark plasma. A vacuum contribution is taken into account and is responsible for the appearance of a stable state at zero pressure and at a baryon density of about 2.2 times the nuclear matter density in this model. The resulting equation of state was used to integrate numerically the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations. The mass-radius relationship has been derived from a series of equilibrium configurations constituted by a mixture of quarks and diquarks. These stellar models, which are representative of a whole class, may be helpful to understand the possible compactness of the X-ray source Her X-1 and related objects.Comment: 15 pp., PlainTex file + 3 figures available upon request at [email protected]. Submitted to Int. Jour. Mod. Phys.

Origem das paisagens.

Domínios geomorfológicos do Ceará. Planície costeira do Ceará. Tabuleiros costeiros. Chapada do Apodi. Chapada do Araripe. Chapada Ibiapaba. Depressão sertaneja. Depressões sedimentares em meio à superfície sertaneja. Maciços residuais cristalinos