The Left-Right SU(3)(L)xSU(3)(R)xU(1)(X) Model with Light, keV and Heavy Neutrinos

We construct a full left-right model for the electroweak interactions based on the $SU(3)_{L}\otimes SU(3)_{R}\otimes U(1)_{X}$ gauge symmetry. The fermion content of the model is such that anomaly cancellation restricts the number of families to be a multiple of three. One of the most important features of the model is the joint presence of three light active neutrinos, three additional neutrinos at keV mass scale, and six heavy ones with masses around\textbf{$10^{11}$} GeV. They form a well-motivated part of the spectrum in the sense they address challenging problems related to neutrino oscillation, warm dark matter, and baryogenesis through leptogenesis.Comment: 11 pages. Small corrections and typos fixed. Accepted for publication in PR

Approach for preventive maintenance planning of machine tools

This paper addresses a common problem to manufacturing companies: the maintenance of machine tools and their components. Preventive maintenance has always been a great challenge for companies, due to the need of predicting failures or production shutdowns, which requires knowledge and resources. However, the planning of machine tools maintenance presents itself as an even more complex problem due to the distinct lifetimes of their components. Age-based preventive replacement and Block replacement models define optimal replacement intervals for one item based on associated maintenance costs. A machine tool can be seen as a serial system of components or items. The concepts of group technology and clustering can be used to group components together in order to define common preventive maintenance intervals and reduce the number of production stops. In the literature, some contributions are found. However, the defined groups are static as well as the preventive maintenance intervals. This paper presents a conceptual model for the definition of dynamic clusters and intervals. It also presents an application to record the inputs, data collected in real time, needed to group components and set up preventive maintenance intervals. The developed application is being implemented in a metalworking company.We would like to thank the companies that are involved in the project and express our appreciation for the commitment of the employees involved. This work has been supported by Norte 010247 FEDER 017833 – TechParts I&D

Symplectic Origami

An origami manifold is a manifold equipped with a closed 2-form which is symplectic except on a hypersurface where it is like the pullback of a symplectic form by a folding map and its kernel fibrates with oriented circle fibers over a compact base. We can move back and forth between origami and symplectic manifolds using cutting (unfolding) and radial blow-up (folding), modulo compatibility conditions. We prove an origami convexity theorem for hamiltonian torus actions, classify toric origami manifolds by polyhedral objects resembling paper origami and discuss examples. We also prove a cobordism result and compute the cohomology of a special class of origami manifolds.Comment: v2; 42 pages, 18 figures; significant revision; to appear in Int. Math. Res. Not.; first published online December 2, 201

Neutrino Decay and Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in a 3-3-1 Model

In this work we show that the implementation of spontaneous breaking of the lepton number in the 3-3-1 model with right-handed neutrinos gives rise to fast neutrino decay with majoron emission and generates a bunch of new contributions to the neutrinoless double beta decay.Comment: Version accepted for publication in the Phys. Rev.

Mathematical model for maintenance planning of machine tools

Preventive maintenance planning of machine tools may be a complex task for tools with multiple components. For manufacturing processes with high setup and downtime costs, components replacement should be combined to avoid too many production stoppages and therefore reduce costs. The combination that minimizes costs should take into account the lifetime distribution and the age of each component at the replacement time. Replacing too soon may imply a high number of replacements for a given component, while replacing too late may imply a high number of failures that lead to shutdowns, increasing costs. In this paper, a tool is seen as a series system, which means that whenever a component fails, a corrective action is needed and at least the failed component has to be replaced. In the literature, some of the models and heuristics for maintenance planning of series systems consider that a minimal repair is made when a component fails, while other models propose static approaches, i.e., the same combination and the same interval is used over time regardless of the ages of the components involved. This paper aims to propose a dynamic approach and presents a mathematical model to determine both the next time to perform a preventive maintenance task and the components that should be replaced in order to minimize the total cost. The model also intends to determine the components to be replaced preventively when unexpected events occur (such as the failure of a tool component or the machine, the shortage of raw material, etc.) or during planned stoppages (such as the end of a production order, machine preventive maintenance task, etc.).We would like to thank the companies associated with the project and express our appreciation for the commitment of the employees involved.This work has been supported by Norte 010247 FEDER 017833 – TechParts I&D

On the connection of Gamma-rays, Dark Matter and Higgs searches at LHC

Motivated by the upcoming Higgs analyzes we investigate the importance of the complementarity of the Higgs boson chase on the low mass WIMP search in direct detection experiments and the gamma-ray emission from the Galactic Center measured by the Fermi-LAT telescope in the context of the $SU(3)_c\otimes SU(3)_L\otimes U(1)_N$. We obtain the relic abundance, thermal cross section, the WIMP-nucleon cross section in the low mass regime and network them with the branching ratios of the Higgs boson in the model. We conclude that the Higgs boson search has a profound connection to the dark matter problem in our model, in particular for the case that ($M_{WIMP} < 60$ GeV) the BR($H \rightarrow 2$ WIMPs) $\gtrsim 90$. This scenario could explain this plateau of any mild excess regarding the Higgs search as well as explain the gamma-ray emission from the galactic center through the $b\bar{b}$ channel with a WIMP in the mass range of 25-45 GeV, while still being consistent with the current limits from XENON100 and CDMSII. However, if the recent modest excesses measured at LHC and TEVATRON are confirmed and consistent with a standard model Higgs boson this would imply that $M_{WIMP} > 60$ GeV, consequently ruling out any attempt to explain the Fermi-LAT observations.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figure

Adsorção e lixiviação de trifluralin e imazaquin em diferentes solos.

Com o objetivo de avaliar a adsorcao e lixiviacao de trifluralin e de imazaquin em materiais de solo com diferentes texturas, foram montados varios ensaios em laboratorio em casa de vegetacao. A adsorcao e lixiviacao de trifluralin, formulacao 600 g/l foram estudadas em laboratorio utilizando como planta-teste o sorgo, onde foi estudadas em laboratorio utilizando como planta-teste o sorgo, onde foi avaliado o efeito do produto sobre a inibicao do crescimento da radicula em sementes pre-germinadas e incubadas em um germinador com temperatura de 25 +/- 1oC por 48 horas. O imazaquin foi avaliado em casa de vegetacao com temperatura variando de 25 a 30oC, empregando como planta-teste o milho, que foi cortado rente ao solo e determinado o peso frescas da parte aerea das plantas 20 dias apos o plantio. Foram avaliadas seis doses de cada herbicida nos diferentes substratos com o objetivo de determinar a dose que provoca 50% de inibicao do crescimento da radicula do sorgo ou da parte aerea do milho em cada um dos substratos (I50). A quantidade adsorvida foi calculada pela diferenca obtida entre o I50 dos diferentes solos e o I50 obtido para areia lavada. Pra estudo da lixiviacao, foram avaliados cinco aliquotas do lixiviado das colunas de 5 e 10 cm de altura e diametro de 7 cm, montadas com materiais dos diferentes substratos, que, apos tratados no topo da coluna com uma dose de 1,8 ou 0,15 kg i.a./ha dis produtos trifluralin ou imazaquin, respectivamente, foram lixiviados com 200 ml de agua. Essas aliquotas foram aplicadas em areia lavada, onde foram colocadas sementes das plantas-teste, conforme descrito no ensaio de adsorcao. Determinou-se a aliquotas que inibiu 50% do crescimento da radicula e, ou, parte aerea da planta-teste, para cada um dos herbicidas. Tanto o trifluralin quanto o imazaquin foram mais absorvido nos solos argilosos, ricos em materia organica, do que nos arenosos. Para o imazaquin, a adsorcao foi maior no solo com elevado teor de materia organica e pH mais baixo. Os herbicidas mostraram reduzida mobilidade em todos os solos analisados

Fatores abióticos envolvidos na tolerância de trigo à geada.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a influência da aclimatação, da intensidade de geada e da disponibilidade hídrica sobre os danos causados pela geada em trigo. Os experimentos foram conduzidos em telados, com trigo cultivado em vasos. A aclimatação e a incidência de geada foram simuladas em câmaras de crescimento. Os fatores abióticos avaliados foram: regimes de aclimatação (com e sem); gradiente de temperatura (2, -2, -4 e -7°C); e variação de disponibilidade hídrica no solo, antes da geada (9, 6, 3 e 1 dia sem irrigação). Todos os fatores foram avaliados no afilhamento, alongamento e espigamento das cultivares: BR-18 Terena, mais tolerante à geada; e BRS 194, menos tolerante. As variáveis avaliadas foram: grau de queima de folhas, sete dias após a geada; massa de matéria seca total; e massa de grãos. A aclimatação do trigo, antes da geada, diminuiu os danos provocados antes do espigamento, e resultou em menor queima de folhas e maior rendimento de grãos. A temperatura de -7°C, no espigamento, resultou em falha na produção de grãos de ambas as cultivares; e os prejuízos com geada foram menores nas plantas com nove dias sem irrigação. As condições anteriores à ocorrência de geada têm influência sobre os danos provocados por ela