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Gravitational collapse of Type II fluid in higher dimensional space-times
We find the general solution of the Einstein equation for spherically
symmetric collapse of Type II fluid (null strange quark fluid) in higher
dimensions. It turns out that the nakedness and curvature strength of the shell
focusing singularities carry over to higher dimensions. However, there is
shrinkage of the initial data space for a naked singularity of the Vaidya
collapse due to the presence of strange quark matter.Comment: RevTex4 style, 4 pages; Accepted in Phys. Rev.
Poynting's theorem for planes waves at an interface: a scattering matrix approach
We apply the Poynting theorem to the scattering of monochromatic
electromagnetic planes waves with normal incidence to the interface of two
different media. We write this energy conservation theorem to introduce a
natural definition of the scattering matrix S. For the dielectric-dielectric
interface the balance equation lead us to the energy flux conservation which
express one of the properties of S: it is a unitary matrix. For the
dielectric-conductor interface the scattering matrix is no longer unitary due
to the presence of losses at the conductor. However, the dissipative term
appearing in the Poynting theorem can be interpreted as a single absorbing mode
at the conductor such that a whole S, satisfying flux conservation and
containing this absorbing mode, can be defined. This is a simplest version of a
model introduced in the current literature to describe losses in more complex
systems.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Am. J. Phy
Produção de mudas micropropagadas de abacaxizeiro ornamental em diferentes substratos na presença e ausência de fertilizante.
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A Millimeter-wave Galactic Plane Survey with the BICEP Polarimeter
In order to study inflationary cosmology and the Milky Way Galaxy's composition and magnetic field structure, Stokes I, Q, and U maps of the Galactic plane covering the Galactic longitude range 260° < ℓ < 340° in three atmospheric transmission windows centered on 100, 150, and 220 GHz are presented. The maps sample an optical depth 1 ≾ AV ≾ 30, and are consistent with previous characterizations of the Galactic millimeter-wave frequency spectrum and the large-scale magnetic field structure permeating the interstellar medium. The polarization angles in all three bands are generally perpendicular to those measured by starlight polarimetry as expected and show changes in the structure of the Galactic magnetic field on the scale of 60°. The frequency spectrum of degree-scale Galactic emission is plotted between 23 and 220 GHz (including WMAP data) and is fit to a two-component (synchrotron and dust) model showing that the higher frequency BICEP data are necessary to tightly constrain the amplitude and spectral index of Galactic dust. Polarized emission is detected over the entire region within two degrees of the Galactic plane, indicating the large-scale magnetic field is oriented parallel to the plane of the Galaxy. A trend of decreasing polarization fraction with increasing total intensity is observed, ruling out the simplest model of a constant Galactic magnetic field orientation along the line of sight in the Galactic plane. A generally increasing trend of polarization fraction with electromagnetic frequency is found, varying from 0.5%-1.5% at frequencies below 50 GHz to 2.5%-3.5% above 90 GHz. The effort to extend the capabilities of BICEP by installing 220 GHz band hardware is described along with analysis of the new band
Estimativas de herdabilidade do perÃmetro escrotal, peso corporal e suas relações em tourinhos da raça Nelore no Paraguai.
O objetivo deste trabalho foi estimar componentes de variância e coeficiente de herdabilidade do peso ajustado aos 570 dias (P570), perÃmetro escrotal(PE), PE ajustado para idade do animal (PEi), ajustado somente para peso (PEp), e para idade e peso (PEip), PE padronizado pelo desvio padrão do grupo contemporâneo (PEs), PEs ajustado para idade (PEsi), ajustado somente para peso (PEsp), e ajustado para idade e peso (PEsip), da relação PE/peso ao sobreano (IND), e IND ajustado para idade (INDi), em 1250 tourinhos de um rebanho da raça Nelore no Paraguai, nascidos entre 1986 e 1993.Resumo expandido
The Construction of Quantum Field Operators: Something of Interest
We draw attention to some tune problems in constructions of the quantum-field
operators for spins 1/2 and 1. They are related to the existence of
negative-energy and acausal solutions of relativistic wave equations.
Particular attention is paid to the chiral theories, and to the method of the
Lorentz boosts.Comment: 31 pages, no figures. The invited talk at the VIII International
Workshop "Applied Category Theory. Graph-Operad-Logic", San Blas, Nayarit,
Mexico, January 9-16, 2010, and at the 6th International Conference on the
Dark Side of the Universe (DSU2010), Leon, Gto, Mexico, June 1-6, 201
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A detailed characterization of the Saharan dust collected during the Fennec campaign in 2011: in situ ground-based and laboratory measurements
Millions of tons of mineral dust are lifted by the wind from arid surfaces and transported around the globe every year. The physical and chemical properties of the mineral dust are needed to better constrain remote sensing observations and are of fundamental importance for the understanding of dust atmospheric processes. Ground-based in situ measurements and in situ filter collection of Saharan dust were obtained during the Fennec campaign in the central Sahara in 2011. This paper presents results of the absorption and scattering coefficients, and hence single scattering albedo (SSA), of the Saharan dust measured in real time during the last period of the campaign and subsequent laboratory analysis of the dust samples collected in two supersites, SS1 and SS2, in Algeria and in Mauritania, respectively. The samples were taken to the laboratory, where their size and aspect ratio distributions, mean chemical composition, spectral mass absorption efficiency, and spectral imaginary refractive index were obtained from the ultraviolet (UV) to the near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths. At SS1 in Algeria, the time series of the scattering coefficients during the period of the campaign show dust events exceeding 3500 Mm−1, and a relatively high mean SSA of 0.995 at 670 nm was observed at this site. The laboratory results show for the fine particle size distributions (particles diameter  < 5µm and mode diameter at 2–3 µm) in both sites a spectral dependence of the imaginary part of the refractive index Im(m) with a bow-like shape, with increased absorption in UV as well as in the shortwave infrared. The same signature was not observed, however, in the mixed particle size distribution (particle diameter  < 10 µm and mode diameter at 4 µm) in Algeria. Im(m) was found to range from 0.011 to 0.001i for dust collected in Algeria and 0.008 to 0.002i for dust collected in Mauritania over the wavelength range of 350–2500 nm. Differences in the mean elemental composition of the dust collected in the supersites in Algeria and in Mauritania and between fine and mixed particle size distributions were observed from EDXRF measurements, although those differences cannot be used to explain the optical properties variability between the samples. Finally, particles with low-density typically larger than 10 µm in diameter were found in some of the samples collected at the supersite in Mauritania, but these low-density particles were not observed in Algeria
Scientific Verification of Faraday Rotation Modulators: Detection of Diffuse Polarized Galactic Emission
The design and performance of a wide bandwidth linear polarization modulator based on the Faraday effect is described. Faraday Rotation Modulators (FRMs) are solid-state polarization switches that are capable of modulation up to 10 kHz. Six FRMs were utilized during the 2006 observing season in the Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP) experiment; three FRMs were used at each of BICEP's 100 and 150 GHz frequency bands. The technology was verified through high signal-to-noise detection of Galactic polarization using two of the six FRMs during four observing runs in 2006. The features exhibit strong agreement with BICEP's measurements of the Galaxy using non-FRM pixels and with the Galactic polarization models. This marks the first detection of high signal-to-noise mm-wave celestial polarization using fast, active optical modulation. The performance of the FRMs during periods when they were not modulated was also analyzed and compared to results from BICEP's 43 pixels without FRMs
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