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    Evolutionary history and identification of conservation units in the giant otter, Pteronura brasiliensis.

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    The giant otter, Pteronura brasiliensis, occupies a range including the major drainage basins of South America, yet the degree of structure that exists within and among populations inhabiting these drainages is unknown. We sequenced portions of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) cytochrome b (612 bp) and control region (383 bp) genes in order to determine patterns of genetic variation within the species. We found high levels of mtDNA haplotype diversity (h = 0.93 overall) and support for subdivision into four distinct groups of populations, representing important centers of genetic diversity and useful units for prioritizing conservation within the giant otter. We tested these results against the predictions of three hypotheses of Amazonian diversification (Pleistocene Refugia, Paleogeography, and Hydrogeology). While the phylogeographic pattern conformed to the predictions of the Refugia Hypothesis, molecular dating using a relaxed clock revealed the phylogroups diverged from one another between 1.69 and 0.84 Ma, ruling out the influence of Late Pleistocene glacial refugia. However, the role of Plio-Pleistocene climate change could not be rejected. While the molecular dating also makes the influence of geological arches according to the Paleogeography Hypothesis extremely unlikely, the recent Pliocene formation of the Fitzcarrald Arch and its effect of subsequently altering drainage pattern could not be rejected. The data presented here support the interactions of both climatic and hydrological changes resulting from geological activity in the Plio-Pleistocene, in shaping the phylogeographic structure of the giant otter

    Lambda-proton correlations in relativistic heavy ion collisions

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    The prospect of using lambda-proton correlations to extract source sizes in relativistic heavy ion collisions is investigated. It is found that the strong interaction induces a large peak in the correlation function that provides more sensitive source size measurements than two-proton correlations under some circumstances. The prospect of using lambda-proton correlations to measure the time lag between lambda and proton emissions is also studied.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure, revtex style. Two short paragraphs are added at referees' recommendations. Phys. Rev. Lett. in pres

    Ecologia de populações de porco monteiro no Pantanal do Brasil

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    O porco monteiro chegou ao Pantanal há cerca de dois séculos e, desde então, tem sido considerado como a principal espécie cinegética (de interesse para a caça) na região. Suas populações vivem livres na planície e independentes da atividade humana, exceto pelo manejo tradicional que age como fator de controle populacional dos rebanhos. Considerando que a espécie apresenta potencial para utilização econômica e que pode vir a compor a pauta de produtos com certificação de origem no Pantanal, informações sobre a ecologia das populações presentes na planície são estratégicas. Este artigo apresenta um apanhado sobre as informações disponíveis a respeito da espécie e discute aspectos da dinâmica de suas populações, com base em projeções obtidas utilizando-se o software VORTEX 9.6.bitstream/CPAP-2010/57340/1/DOC106.pd

    Effective Field Theory for Bulk Properties of Nuclei

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    Recent progress in Lorentz-covariant quantum field theories of the nuclear many-body problem ({\em quantum hadrodynamics}, or QHD) is discussed. The importance of modern perspectives in effective field theory and density functional theory for understanding the successes of QHD is emphasized. The inclusion of hadronic electromagnetic structure and of nonanalytic terms in the energy functional is also considered.Comment: 11 pages, 0 figures, REVTeX 3.0; Invited talk at the 11th Conference on Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories (MB 11), Manchester, UK, July 9--13, 200

    Phenomenological Lambda-Nuclear Interactions

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    Variational Monte Carlo calculations for Λ4H{_{\Lambda}^4}H (ground and excited states) and Λ5He{_{\Lambda}^5}He are performed to decipher information on Λ{\Lambda}-nuclear interactions. Appropriate operatorial nuclear and Λ{\Lambda}-nuclear correlations have been incorporated to minimize the expectation values of the energies. We use the Argonne υ18\upsilon_{18} two-body NN along with the Urbana IX three-body NNN interactions. The study demonstrates that a large part of the splitting energy in Λ4H{_{\Lambda}^4}H (0+1+0^+-1^+) is due to the three-body Λ{\Lambda} NN forces. Λ17O_{\Lambda}^{17}O hypernucleus is analyzed using the {\it s}-shell results. Λ\Lambda binding to nuclear matter is calculated within the variational framework using the Fermi-Hypernetted-Chain technique. There is a need to correctly incorporate the three-body Λ{\Lambda} NN correlations for Λ\Lambda binding to nuclear matter.Comment: 18 pages (TeX), 2 figure

    Variational calculations of the Λ\Lambda-seperation energy of the Λ17_{\Lambda}^{17}O hypernucleus

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    Variational Monte Carlo calculations have been made for the Λ17_{ \Lambda}^{17}O hypernucleus using realistic two- and three-baryon interactions. A two pion exchange potential with spin- and space-exchange components is used for the Λ\LambdaN potential. Three-body two-pion exchange and strongly repulsive dispersive Λ\LambdaNN interactions are also included. The trial wave function is constructed from pair- and triplet-correlation operators acting on a single particle determinant. These operators consist of central, spin, isospin, tensor and three- baryon potential components. A cluster Monte Carlo method is developed for noncentral correlations and is used with up to four-baryon clusters in our calculations. The three-baryon Λ\LambdaNN force is discussed.Comment: 24 pages, 2 figs available by fax., for publication in Phys. Rev.

    Detectability of Strange Matter in Heavy Ion Experiments

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    We discuss the properties of two distinct forms of hypothetical strange matter, small lumps of strange quark matter (strangelets) and of hyperon matter (metastable exotic multihypernuclear objects: MEMOs), with special emphasis on their relevance for present and future heavy ion experiments. The masses of small strangelets up to A = 40 are calculated using the MIT bag model with shell mode filling for various bag parameters. The strangelets are checked for possible strong and weak hadronic decays, also taking into account multiple hadron decays. It is found that strangelets which are stable against strong decay are most likely highly negative charged, contrary to previous findings. Strangelets can be stable against weak hadronic decay but their masses and charges are still rather high. This has serious impact on the present high sensitivity searches in heavy ion experiments at the AGS and CERN facilities. On the other hand, highly charged MEMOs are predicted on the basis of an extended relativistic mean-field model. Those objects could be detected in future experiments searching for short-lived, rare composites. It is demonstrated that future experiments can be sensitive to a much wider variety of strangelets.Comment: 26 pages, 5 figures, uses RevTeX and epsf.st

    Relativistic Mean Field Approximation in a Density Dependent Parametrization Model at Finite Temperature

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    In this work we calculate the equation of state of nuclear matter for different proton fractions at zero and finite temperature within the Thomas Fermi approach considering three different parameter sets: the well-known NL3 and TM1 and a density dependent parametrization proposed by Typel and Wolter. The main differences are outlined and the consequences of imposing beta-stability in these models are discussed.Comment: 13 pages, 10 figure
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