Neutron Stars in Teleparallel Gravity

In this paper we deal with neutron stars, which are described by a perfect fluid model, in the context of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity. We use numerical simulations to find the relationship between the angular momentum of the field and the angular momentum of the source. Such a relation was established for each stable star reached by the numerical simulation once the code is fed with an equation of state, the central energy density and the ratio between polar and equatorial radii. We also find a regime where linear relation between gravitational angular momentum and moment of inertia (as well as angular velocity of the fluid) is valid. We give the spatial distribution of the gravitational energy and show that it has a linear dependence with the squared angular velocity of the source.Comment: 19 pages, 14 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1206.331

Three-dimensional Dirac oscillator in a thermal bath

The thermal properties of the three-dimensional Dirac oscillator are considered. The canonical partition function is determined, and the high-temperature limit is assessed. The degeneracy of energy levels and their physical implications on the main thermodynamic functions are analyzed, revealing that these functions assume values greater than the one-dimensional case. So that at high temperatures, the limit value of the specific heat is three times bigger.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures. Text improved, references added. Revised to match accepted version in Europhysics Letters

Space-time defects and teleparallelism

We consider the class of space-time defects investigated by Puntigam and Soleng. These defects describe space-time dislocations and disclinations (cosmic strings), and are in close correspondence to the actual defects that arise in crystals and metals. It is known that in such materials dislocations and disclinations require a small and large amount of energy, respectively, to be created. The present analysis is carried out in the context of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity (TEGR). We evaluate the gravitational energy of these space-time defects in the framework of the TEGR and find that there is an analogy between defects in space-time and in continuum material systems: the total gravitational energy of space-time dislocations and disclinations (considered as idealized defects) is zero and infinit, respectively.Comment: 22 pages, no figures, to appear in the Class. Quantum Gravit

Context based configuration management system

A computer-based system for configuring and displaying information on changes in, and present status of, a collection of events associated with a project. Classes of icons for decision events, configurations and feedback mechanisms, and time lines (sequential and/or simultaneous) for related events are displayed. Metadata for each icon in each class is displayed by choosing and activating the corresponding icon. Access control (viewing, reading, writing, editing, deleting, etc.) is optionally imposed for metadata and other displayed information

Caracterização de genes MADS em acessos de Coffea.

A produção de café com boa qualidade de bebida está relacionada com uma colheita de grãos em um mesmo estágio de maturação. Um dos fatores que pode influenciar a maturação uniforme dos frutos é a floração sincronizada. O controle genético do florescimento em plantas é realizado por uma família de genes, os genes MADS, amplamente caracterizados a nível molecular em diferentes espécies, que apresentam domínios protéicos conservados, e regulam a diferenciação do meristema e a identidade dos órgãos reprodutivos. Neste trabalho, esta família de genes foi estudada em Coffea arabica, para identificação e caracterização genômica, através de buscas por genes homólogos em bancos de ESTs de Coffea e amplificação destes em genomas de plantas normais e mutantes para florescimento. Análises in silico permitiram a identificação de homólogos a 9 locos MADS. Oligos específicos para cada um desses locos foram desenhados de maneira a permitir que toda a região codificadora fosse incluída. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram que os locos avaliados não apresentaram polimorfismos entre os genótipos avaliados. A ocorrência de homólogos aos genes MADS em café sugere que o florescimento desta espécie pode ser controlado por mecanismos comuns a outras espécies vegetais