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Variable stars in the VVV globular clusters
Indexación: Scopus.The VVV survey observed some of the most crowded and most obscured regions in the inner Milky Way during the last years. A significant sample of the less known globular clusters in our galaxy lie there. Combining the high-resolution, wide-field, near infrared capabilities of the survey camera, the use of 5 different filters, and multi-epoch observations, we are able to overcome many of the previous challenges that prevented a proper study of these objects. Particularly, the identification of the RR Lyrae stars in these globular clusters is proving to be a fundamental tool to establish accurately their distances and reddenings, and to infer information about the Oosterhoff dichotomy that Galactic globular clusters seem to follow. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017.https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2017/21/epjconf_puls2017_01022.pd
Validation and Adaptation of the Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior in Sport Scale to the Spanish context of Physical Education
Physical education (PE), by its own characteristics, is a subject where social communication is especially promoted. However, it is necessary to have tools that evaluate the social behaviour of students during PE classes. For this reason, we propose to validate and adapt the Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior in Sport Scale to the Spanish context of PE classes. The study involved 1081 students aged 12 to 18 (M = 14.83; SD = 1.27). The psychometric properties of the Prosocial Behavior Scale were analyzed through several statistical analyses. The results of the confirmatory factorial analysis and the exploratory factorial analysis supported the internal structure of the questionnaire. In addition, the scale was invariant to gender. Cronbach’s alpha values were higher than 0.70 in the factors and sub-factors, finally showing adequate levels of temporal stability. Taking into account the results achieved in the present study, PE teachers have an effective tool to assess the social and antisocial behaviour of their students’ students during PE classes
An extended Agassi model: algebraic structure, phase diagram, and large size limit
The Agassi model is a schematic two-level model that involves pairing and
monopole-monopole interactions. It is, therefore, an extension of the well
known Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick (LMG) model. In this paper we review the algebraic
formulation of an extension of the Agassi model as well as its bosonic
realization through the Schwinger representation. Moreover, a mean-field
approximation for the model is presented and its phase diagram discussed.
Finally, a analysis, with proportional to the degeneracy of each
level, is worked out to obtain the thermodynamic limit of the ground state
energy and some order parameters from the exact Hamiltonian diagonalization for
finite.Comment: Accepted in Physica Scripta. Focus on SSNET 201
Phase diagram of an extended Agassi model
Background: The Agassi model is an extension of the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick
model that incorporates the pairing interaction. It is a schematic model that
describes the interplay between particle-hole and pair correlations. It was
proposed in the 1960's by D. Agassi as a model to simulate the properties of
the quadrupole plus pairing model.
Purpose: The aim of this work is to extend a previous study by Davis and
Heiss generalizing the Agassi model and analyze in detail the phase diagram of
the model as well as the different regions with coexistence of several phases.
Method: We solve the model Hamiltonian through the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov
(HFB) approximation, introducing two variational parameters that play the role
of order parameters. We also compare the HFB calculations with the exact ones.
Results: We obtain the phase diagram of the model and classify the order of
the different quantum phase transitions appearing in the diagram. The phase
diagram presents broad regions where several phases, up to three, coexist.
Moreover, there is also a line and a point where four and five phases are
degenerated, respectively.
Conclusions: The phase diagram of the extended Agassi model presents a rich
variety of phases. Phase coexistence is present in extended areas of the
parameter space. The model could be an important tool for benchmarking novel
many-body approximations.Comment: Accepted for publication in PR
Precompact Fréchet topologies on Abelian groups
AbstractWe study precompact Fréchet topologies on countable Abelian groups. For every countable Abelian group G we introduce the notion of a γG-set and show that there is a precompact Fréchet non-metrizable topology on G if and only if there is an uncountable γG-set that separates points of G. We show that, assuming the existence of an uncountable γ-set, there is a non-metrizable precompact Fréchet topology on every countable Abelian group, and assuming p>ω1, there is a non-metrizable Fréchet topology on every countable group which admits a non-discrete topology at all. We further study the notion of a γG-set and show that the minimal size of a subset of the dual group G⁎ which is not a γG-set is the pseudointersection number p for any countable Abelian group G
Quantum Phase Transitions in the Interacting Boson Model: Integrability, level repulsion and level crossing
We study the quantum phase transition mechanisms that arise in the
Interacting Boson Model. We show that the second-order nature of the phase
transition from U(5) to O(6) may be attributed to quantum integrability,
whereas all the first-order phase transitions of the model are due to level
repulsion with one singular point of level crossing. We propose a model
Hamiltonian with a true first-order phase transition for finite systems due to
level crossings.Comment: Accepted in PR
Cognitive Fusion Mediates the Relationship between Dispositional Mindfulness and Negative Affects: A Study in a Sample of Spanish Children and Adolescent School Students
Nowadays, mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) have experienced a remarkable
development of studies among childhood and adolescent interventions. For this reason, dispositional
mindfulness (DM) measures for children and adolescents have been developed to determine the
e ectiveness of MBI at this age stage. However, little is known about how key elements of
DM (for example, cognitive de/fusion or experiential avoidance that both confirm psychological
inflexibility) are involved in the mechanisms of the children and adolescents’ mental health outcomes.
This research examined the mediating e ect of cognitive fusion between DM and anxiety and other
negative emotional states in a sample of 318 Spanish primary-school students (aged between 8 and 16
years, M = 11.24, SD = 2.19, 50.8% males). Participants completed the AFQ-Y (Avoidance and Fusion
Questionnaire for youth), which is a measure of psychological inflexibility that encompasses cognitive
defusion and experiential avoidance; CAMM (DM for children and adolescents), PANAS-N (positive
and negative a ect measure for children, Spanish version of PANASC), and STAIC (an anxiety
measure for children). The study accomplished ethical standards. As MBI relevant literature has
suggested, cognitive defusion was a significant mediator betweenDMand symptoms of both negative
emotions and anxiety in children and adolescents. However, experiential avoidance did not show
any significant mediating relationship. Probably, an improvement of the assessment of experiential
avoidance is needed. MBI programs for children and adolescents may include more activities for
reducing e ects of the cognitive defusion on their emotional distress
Conceptual design of the ITER fast-ion loss detector
et al.A conceptual design of a reciprocating fast-ion loss detector for ITER has been developed and is presented here. Fast-ion orbit simulations in a 3D magnetic equilibrium and up-to-date first wall have been carried out to revise the measurement requirements for the lost alpha monitor in ITER. In agreement with recent observations, the simulations presented here suggest that a pitch-angle resolution of ∼5° might be necessary to identify the loss mechanisms. Synthetic measurements including realistic lost alpha-particle as well as neutron and gamma fluxes predict scintillator signal-to-noise levels measurable with standard light acquisition systems with the detector aperture at ∼11 cm outside of the diagnostic first wall. At measurement position, heat load on detector head is comparable to that in present devices.This research was supported in part by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Grant Nos. RYC2011-09152, FIS2015-69362-P, and ENE2012- 31087) and the Marie Curie FP7 Integration Grant (No. PCIG11-GA2012-321455).Peer Reviewe
Productos de alfarería de Cerro Macareno, Sevilla : naturaleza y procedencia de las ánforas y otros objetos cerámicos. Siglos VIII al III a. J.C.
Son muchos los métodos empleados para el estudio de las arcillas y de los productos cerámicos, contribuyendo de distinta manera, aunque complementaria, en el conocimiento
de la composición, procedencia de los materiales, tecnología empleada en su
elaboración y en general en todos aquellos procesos que se pudieron seguir en la tibricación
del objeto cerámico.
Estos métodos pueden ser, bien destructivos, aunque utilizando cantidades muy pequeñas
de muestra, o bien no destructivos, cada vez más empleados en la investigación
moderna.
En el estudio de los materiales cerámicos, bien sea el soporte, o bien sea la pintura
que ha servido para decorarlo, se emplea el análisisq\límico tradicional cualitativo y
cuantitativo. Para este último se emplea cada \leimás la técnica de la absorción atómica.
Asimismo, se emplean los siguientes métodos de análisis por vía física:
La espectroscopía de emisión en el ultravioleta, que permite obtener un espectro
de emisión en el que la parte más frecuentemente utilizada se sitúa entre 200 y 400 nm
(ultravioleta).
La espectrometría de fluorescencia de rayos X es una técnica desde hace tiempo
utilizada. El método tiene poca sensibilidad para elementos tales como el cobre, níquel,
cinc o hierro, a causa del «ruido de fondo» que el mismo aparato emite.
La microfluorescencia permite operar directamente sobre una capa de pintura y su
análisis no es destructivo.
La microsonda electrónica es una aplicación de los principios y de la técnica de la
espectrografía de emisión de rayos X. Su poder separador es infinitamente superior al
del mejor instrumento óptico.
La activación por neutrones, que precisa de una fuente generadora de estas radiaciones
(pila atómica), es, por tanto, de muy difícil empleo. En España se utiliza la pila
atómica de la Junta de Energía Nuclear. Este análisis permite determinar los elementos
mayores, menores y trazas existentes en los objetos cerámicos y en los pigmentos. Es
de un gran interés para conocer la procedencia de los materiales empleados, detectando
el posible o posibles yacimientos de las arcillas utilizadas.
La difracción de rayos X determina la estructura cristalina de los elementos y compuestos
químicos ya sean orgánicos o inorgánicos, si bien la técnica no es válida para
los compuestos amorfos.
Para el estudio de aquellos materiales en los que la pintura se encuentre unida al
soporte mediante lacas, gomas o barnices se emplean métodos de absorción en el infrarrojo,
así como la cromatografía en fase gaseosa.
Los métodos seguidos que se enumeran en el siguiente apartado nos han permitido
identificar la procedencia y naturaleza de las arcillas utilizadas en los objetos cerámicos
objeto de este estudio.Peer reviewe
Materias primas y datos tecnológicos de piezas cerámicas antiguas del yacimiento arqueológico de Cerro Macareno (Sevilla)
14 páginas, 5 figuras, 7 tablas, 7 referencias.[EN]: A study of twenty eight fragments of amphoras from the archaeological bed of Cerro Macareno
(Sevilla) has been done by chemical, physicochemical, X-ray diffraction and thermal methods, in order to
establish the nature and provenance of the raw materials and the technological aspects of their fabrication.
All the data lead to the conclusion that four of the pieces were probably imported from the
Palestine-Phoenicie; the rest were made out of raw materials from the surrounding areas of Cerro
Macareno. Most of the pieces were fired below 700°C, only four of them at about 700-750°C, and the
other seven, probably from 800-850°C.[ES]: Se estudian la composición química y mineralógica, contenido en determinados elementos escasos, materias primas y temperaturas probables de cocción empleadas en la fabricación de un conjunto de 25 fragmentos de ánforas del yacimiento arqueológico de Cerro Macareno (Sevilla). Los métodos empleados fueron análisis químico, difracción de rayos-X, A.T.D., análisis por activación neutrónica y pruebas de cocción intermitente por calentamiento de cien en cien grados, desde 400° a 1.100° C seguido en cada caso de estudios por difracción de rayos-X y de observación de los cambios de color y aspecto de los cortes de las piezas. De todo ello se concluye que cuatro de las piezas estudiadas son de origen importado (Palesti-na-Fenicia), estando fabricadas las restantes con materiales procedentes de los aluviones del Guadalquivir, en las inmediaciones del Cerro Macareno. Del total de las piezas, 17 se cocieron probablemente a temperaturas inferiores a 700°C, cuatro a 700-750° C y siete a 800-850°C.Peer reviewe
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