Non-extensive processes associated with heating of the Galactic disc

We analyse the mechanisms ruling galactic disc heating through the dynamics of space velocities $U$, $V$ and $W$, extracted from the Geneva-Copenhagen catalogue. To do this, we use a model based on non-extensive statistical mechanics, where we derive the probability distribution functions that quantify the non-Gaussian effects. Furthermore, we find that the deviation $q-1$ at a given stellar age follows non-random behaviour. As a result, the $q$-index behaviour indicates that the vertical component $W$, perpendicular to the Galactic plane, does not ``heat up'' at random, which is in disagreement with previous works that attributed the evolution of $W$ to randomness. Finally, our results bring a new perspective to this matter and open the way for studying Galactic kinematic components through the eyes of more robust statistical models that consider non-Gaussian effects.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. Accepted to EP

Travel of studies: cities of João Pessoa, Maceio, Natal and Recife: a look on the urban space and brazilian architectural production

Ponencia presentada a Session 8: Dimensiones psicosociales de la arquitectura y el urbanismo / Psycological dimensions of architecture and planningThis article aims to present the methodology and the final results of the elective course “Travel of Studies” which belongs to the new pedagogical project from the Architecture and Urbanism course at the University Federal of Pernambuco. It was offered for the first time in 2013.The discipline was organized to occur in four long weekends through visits of four capitals of the Northeast of Brazil: Recife, João Pessoa, Natal and Maceió. The purpose was to allow the students to apprehend the cities through four axis: intervention in historical center (axis 1), production of urban space (axis 2), production of coastline space (axis 3) and contemporary architecture (axis 4). After the four visits were complete, we prepared a poster with the comparison of the cities based on the identification of the similarities and differences of each axis we have studied

Caracterização comparativa de propriedades que desenvolvem atividade pecuária em assentamentos rurais de Tomé-Açu e Paragominas: manejo das pastagens, acesso as estradas e nível de produtividade.

O presente estudo buscou efetuar a caracterização do manejo das pastagens, bem como as condições das estradas de acesso e o nível de produtividade de propriedades envolvidas com a atividade pecuária em assentamentos rurais de Tomé-Açu e Paragominas, as quais estão localizadas no Nordeste e Sudeste paraense, respectivamente. Noventa e cinco produtores foram entrevistados quanto à presença ou não de áreas de pastagens quando da aquisição das propriedades, assim como quanto à formação de novas áreas, uso do fogo, tipo de gramínea presente na pastagem, período de utilização de um mesmo pasto, vacinação contra febre aftosa, utilização de mistura mineral, produção diária de leite e quanto às condições de trafegabilidade das estradas que dão acesso às propriedades durante o período chuvoso. Foi observado que a atividade pecuária não é viável nas propriedades investigadas em razão da baixa adoção tecnológica e produtividade dos rebanhos. A cobertura vacinal foi insuficiente o que coloca em risco todo o setor produtivo da pecuária. As forrageiras presentes nas propriedades basicamente foram a Brachiaria brizantha cv Marandú e a Brachiaria humidicula, o que revela o risco quanto à incidência de pragas e doenças

The compound Poisson limit ruling periodic extreme behaviour of non-uniformly hyperbolic dynamics

We prove that the distributional limit of the normalised number of returns to small neighbourhoods of periodic points of non-uniformly hyperbolic dynamical systems is compound Poisson. The returns to small balls around a fixed point in the phase space correspond to the occurrence of rare events, or exceedances of high thresholds, so that there is a connection between the laws of Return Times Statistics and Extreme Value Laws. The fact that the fixed point in the phase space is a repelling periodic point implies that there is a tendency for the exceedances to appear in clusters whose average sizes is given by the Extremal Index, which depends on the expansion of the system at the periodic point. We recall that for generic points, the exceedances, in the limit, are singular and occur at Poisson times. However, around periodic points, the picture is different: the respective point processes of exceedances converge to a compound Poisson process, so instead of single exceedances, we have entire clusters of exceedances occurring at Poisson times with a geometric distribution ruling its multiplicity. The systems to which our results apply include: general piecewise expanding maps of the interval (Rychlik maps), maps with indifferent fixed points (Manneville-Pomeau maps) and Benedicks-Carleson quadratic maps.Comment: To appear in Communications in Mathematical Physic

Stacking Gravitational Wave Signals from Soft Gamma Repeater Bursts

Soft gamma repeaters (SGRs) have unique properties that make them intriguing targets for gravitational wave (GW) searches. They are nearby, their burst emission mechanism may involve neutron star crust fractures and excitation of quasi-normal modes, and they burst repeatedly and sometimes spectacularly. A recent LIGO search for transient GW from these sources placed upper limits on a set of almost 200 individual SGR bursts. These limits were within the theoretically predicted range of some models. We present a new search strategy which builds upon the method used there by "stacking" potential GW signals from multiple SGR bursts. We assume that variation in the time difference between burst electromagnetic emission and burst GW emission is small relative to the GW signal duration, and we time-align GW excess power time-frequency tilings containing individual burst triggers to their corresponding electromagnetic emissions. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we confirm that gains in GW energy sensitivity of N^{1/2} are possible, where N is the number of stacked SGR bursts. Estimated sensitivities for a mock search for gravitational waves from the 2006 March 29 storm from SGR 1900+14 are also presented, for two GW emission models, "fluence-weighted" and "flat" (unweighted).Comment: 17 pages, 16 figures, submitted to PR

Estrutura familiar e geração de renda em assentamentos rurais que desenvolvem atividade pecuária em Tomé-Açu e Paragominas no nordeste e sudeste paraense.

O estudo avaliou os produtores rurais envolvidos com a produção pecuária em assentamentos rurais localizados em Tomé-Açu e Paragominas no Nordeste e Sudeste paraense, respectivamente. Noventa e cinco produtores foram entrevistados quanto à liderança administrativa das propriedades, estado civil, migração, profissões anteriores antes da aquisição da propriedade, escolaridade, idade e renda. A liderança das propriedades é caracterizada por homens casados, ou em regime de união estável, imigrante da Região Norte e Nordeste. Em Paragominas os produtores são mais velhos, com maior índice de analfabetismo e pouco auxílio governamental. Em Tomé-Açu as famílias são mais numerosas e 20% delas recebem auxílio do governo. Os produtores de Tomé-Açu receberam mais subsídios governamentais pelo fato das famílias serem mais numerosas