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Bar formation and evolution in disc galaxies with gas and a triaxial halo: Morphology, bar strength and halo properties
We follow the formation and evolution of bars in N-body simulations of disc
galaxies with gas and/or a triaxial halo. We find that both the relative gas
fraction and the halo shape play a major role in the formation and evolution of
the bar. In gas-rich simulations, the disc stays near-axisymmetric much longer
than in gas-poor ones, and, when the bar starts growing, it does so at a much
slower rate. Due to these two effects combined, large-scale bars form much
later in gas-rich than in gas-poor discs. This can explain the observation that
bars are in place earlier in massive red disc galaxies than in blue spirals. We
also find that the morphological characteristics in the bar region are strongly
influenced by the gas fraction. In particular, the bar at the end of the
simulation is much weaker in gas-rich cases. In no case did we witness bar
destruction.
Halo triaxiality has a dual influence on bar strength. In the very early
stages of the simulation it induces bar formation to start earlier. On the
other hand, during the later, secular evolution phase, triaxial haloes lead to
considerably less increase of the bar strength than spherical ones. The shape
of the halo evolves considerably with time. The inner halo parts may become
more elongated, or more spherical, depending on the bar strength. The main body
of initially triaxial haloes evolves towards sphericity, but in initially
strongly triaxial cases it stops well short of becoming spherical. Part of the
angular momentum absorbed by the halo generates considerable rotation of the
halo particles that stay located relatively near the disc for long periods of
time. Another part generates halo bulk rotation, which, contrary to that of the
bar, increases with time but stays small.Comment: 21 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS. A high
resolution version is at
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Photosynthetic and antioxidant responses to drought during sugarcane ripening
Water deficit is an important exogenous factor that enhances the influx of sucrose into sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) stem internodes during ripening, when photosynthetic ability in supplying sinks is essential. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that drought tolerance in sugarcane is associated with an effective antioxidant protection during the ripening phase that might maintain a favorable redox balance in chloroplasts and protect photosynthesis under drought conditions. Two commercial sugarcane varieties, IACSP94-2094 (tolerant) and IACSP96-2042 (sensitive), with contrasting behavior under water deficit, were subjected to water withholding during the ripening stage. Our results revealed that the tolerant variety was less affected by water deficit, maintaining hotosynthesis for a longer period and showing a faster recovery after rehydration as compared to the sensitive one. As consequence, the tolerant variety faced lesser excess of light energy at PSII. The maintenance of photosynthesis under water deficit and its fast recovery after rehydration resulted in the lower leaf H2O2 concentration and favorable redox status in the drought-tolerant genotype, which was associated with stimulation of superoxide dismutase during ripening. Our results also revealed that ferric superoxide dismutase isoforms were strongly enhanced under drought conditions, playing an important role in chloroplast redox homeostasis53454755
Evidence of Low-Temperature Superparamagnetism in Mn_{4}$ Nanoparticle Ensembles
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A phase-field model of Hele-Shaw flows in the high viscosity contrast regime
A one-sided phase-field model is proposed to study the dynamics of unstable
interfaces of Hele-Shaw flows in the high viscosity contrast regime. The
corresponding macroscopic equations are obtained by means of an asymptotic
expansion from the phase-field model. Numerical integrations of the phase-field
model in a rectangular Hele-Shaw cell reproduce finger competition with the
final evolution to a steady state finger the width of which goes to one half of
the channel width as the velocity increases
Propagação de mirtilo do tipo Rabbiteye por estaquia e alporquia.
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Primeiro relato da ocorrência de Septoria musiva em álamo no Brasil.
O fungo Septoria musiva foi isolado de plantas de álamo com sintomas de mancha foliar e cancro no caule, nos estados do Paraná e Santa Catarina, Brasil, em 2004. Testes de patogenicidade e subseqüente reisolamento de Septoria musiva confirmaram a hipótese de que este fungo era o agente causal da doença. Este é o primeiro relato de Septoria musiva em álamo no Brasil.bitstream/item/32245/1/primeiro-relato-da-ocorrencia-de-Septoria-musiva....pd
Kepler detection of a new extreme planetary system orbiting the subdwarf-B pulsator KIC10001893
KIC10001893 is one out of 19 subdwarf-B (sdB) pulsators observed by the
Kepler spacecraft in its primary mission. In addition to tens of pulsation
frequencies in the g-mode domain, its Fourier spectrum shows three weak peaks
at very low frequencies, which is too low to be explained in terms of g modes.
The most convincing explanation is that we are seeing the orbital modulation of
three Earth-size planets (or planetary remnants) in very tight orbits, which
are illuminated by the strong stellar radiation. The orbital periods are
P1=5.273, P2=7.807, and P3=19.48 hours, and the period ratios P2/P1=1.481 and
P3/P2=2.495 are very close to the 3:2 and 5:2 resonances, respectively. One of
the main pulsation modes of the star at 210.68 {\mu}Hz corresponds to the third
harmonic of the orbital frequency of the inner planet, suggesting that we see,
for the first time in an sdB star, g-mode pulsations tidally excited by a
planetary companion. The extreme planetary system that emerges from the Kepler
data is very similar to the recent discovery of two Earth-size planets orbiting
the sdB pulsator KIC05807616 (Charpinet et al. 2011a).Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and
Astrophysic
Primeiro relato da ocorrência de Septoria musiva em álamo no Brasil.
O fungo Septoria musiva foi isolado de plantas de álamo com sintomas de mancha foliar e cancro no caule, nos estados do Paraná e Santa Catarina, Brasil, em 2004. Testes de patogenicidade e subseqüente reisolamento de Septoria musiva confirmaram a hipótese de que este fungo era o agente causal da doença. Este é o primeiro relato de Septoria musiva em álamo no Brasil
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