Symmetry based determination of space-time functions in nonequilibrium growth processes

We study the space-time correlation and response functions in nonequilibrium growth processes described by linear stochastic Langevin equations. Exploiting exclusively the existence of space and time dependent symmetries of the noiseless part of these equations, we derive expressions for the universal scaling functions of two-time quantities which are found to agree with the exact expressions obtained from the stochastic equations of motion. The usefulness of the space-time functions is illustrated through the investigation of two atomistic growth models, the Family model and the restricted Family model, which are shown to belong to a unique universality class in 1+1 and in 2+1 space dimensions. This corrects earlier studies which claimed that in 2+1 dimensions the two models belong to different universality classes.Comment: 18 pages, three figures included, submitted to Phys. Rev.

NeXSPheRIO results on azimuthal anisotropy in Au-Au collisions at 200A GeV

In this work, we present the results obtained by the hydrodynamic code NeXSPheRIO on anisotropic flows. In our calculation, we made use of event-by-event fluctuating initial conditions, and chemical freeze-out was explicitly implemented. We studied directed flow, elliptic flow and forth harmonic coefficient for various hadrons at different centrality windows for Au+Au collisions at 200 AGeV. The results are discussed and compared with experimental data from RHIC.Comment: 6 pages and 6 figures, sqm2008 contributio

Desenvolvimento inicial de clones enxertados de murucizeiro em Igarapé-Açu, Pará.

O murucizeiro é uma espécie frutífera que vem demandando nos últimos anos informações sobre materiais que possam ser recomendados as diversas regiões de cultivo. Desta forma, o objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar clones de murucizeiro cultivados em Igarapé-Açu, Pará, quanto a aspectos vegetativos em seu primeiro ano de desenvolvimento. Os tratamentos consistiram de clones oriundos do BAG-murucizeiro da Embrapa Amazônia Oriental: Açu, Cristo, Guataçara, Igarapé-açu-1, Maracanã-1, Maracanã-2, Santarém-1, Santarém-2, São José, Tocantins-1 e Tocantins-2. Foram avaliados os seguintes caracteres morfológicos: altura de planta, diâmetro do caule, número de ramos e volume de copa. Observou-se que há variabilidade genética entre os clones de murucizeiro para os caracteres altura de planta, com destaque para os clones São José, Cristo e Maracanã 2, e também para o volume de copa, com destaque para o clone Maracanã 2. Apesar de não ter havido diferença significativa entre os clones para os caracteres diâmetro do caule e número de ramos, estudos fenológicos continuarão a ser realizados semestralmente, a fim de se identificar os clones que apresentam maior sustentação de copa

Ramond-Ramond Fields, Fractional Branes and Orbifold Differential K-Theory

We study D-branes and Ramond-Ramond fields on global orbifolds of Type II string theory with vanishing H-flux using methods of equivariant K-theory and K-homology. We illustrate how Bredon equivariant cohomology naturally realizes stringy orbifold cohomology. We emphasize its role as the correct cohomological tool which captures known features of the low-energy effective field theory, and which provides new consistency conditions for fractional D-branes and Ramond-Ramond fields on orbifolds. We use an equivariant Chern character from equivariant K-theory to Bredon cohomology to define new Ramond-Ramond couplings of D-branes which generalize previous examples. We propose a definition for groups of differential characters associated to equivariant K-theory. We derive a Dirac quantization rule for Ramond-Ramond fluxes, and study flat Ramond-Ramond potentials on orbifolds.Comment: 46 pages; v2: typos correcte

Qualidade potencial dos cafés produzidos na "Região das Matas de Minas".

Em regiões de montanha, como característico na “Região das Matas de Minas”, a cafeicultura é uma atividade que depende de mão de obra, que além de cara está cada vez mais escassa, aumentando os custos de produção da atividade e com isso diminuindo a competitividade dos cafés no mercado mundial. Para que estes cafés produzidos na região se tornem mais competitivos, se faz necessário, o aumento da qualidade final dos mesmos. O café é um produto com aromas e sabores distintos que produz uma das bebidas mais difundidas no mundo, e tem o seu valor de mercado ajustado de acordo com a qualidade final da bebida, a qual pode ser influenciada por muitos fatores, tais como fatores ambientais e variedade da planta. Objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar os efeitos da encosta da montanha, altitude e variedade de planta sobre os valores médios dos atributos de qualidade potencial dos cafés produzidos na “Região das Matas de Minas” (entre faixas de altitudes pertencentes aos intervalos: EA < 700, 700 < EA ? 825, 825 < EA <950 e EA ? 950 metros acima do nível do mar). Frutos de café (Coffea arabica L.) das variedades Catuaí Vermelho e Catuaí Amarelo foram colhidos manualmente em ponto de maturação cereja. A colheita foi realizada em fazendas localizadas em quatorze dos 63 municípios que compõem a “Região das Matas de Minas”, distribuídos numa pequena parte da região do Vale do Rio Doce e uma maior parte na região da Zona da Mata, num território de Mata Atlântica, a Leste do estado de Minas Gerais

On weak vs. strong universality in the two-dimensional random-bond Ising ferromagnet

We address the issue of universality in two-dimensional disordered Ising systems, by considering long, finite-width strips of ferromagnetic Ising spins with randomly distributed couplings. We calculate the free energy and spin-spin correlation functions (from which averaged correlation lengths, $\xi^{ave}$, are computed) by transfer-matrix methods. An {\it ansatz} for the size-dependence of logarithmic corrections to $\xi^{ave}$ is proposed. Data for both random-bond and site-diluted systems show that pure system behaviour (with $\nu=1$) is recovered if these corrections are incorporated, discarding the weak--universality scenario.Comment: RevTeX code, 4 pages plus 2 Postscript figures; to appear in Physical Review B Rapid Communication

Ising model on 3D random lattices: A Monte Carlo study

We report single-cluster Monte Carlo simulations of the Ising model on three-dimensional Poissonian random lattices with up to 128,000 approx. 503 sites which are linked together according to the Voronoi/Delaunay prescription. For each lattice size quenched averages are performed over 96 realizations. By using reweighting techniques and finite-size scaling analyses we investigate the critical properties of the model in the close vicinity of the phase transition point. Our random lattice data provide strong evidence that, for the available system sizes, the resulting effective critical exponents are indistinguishable from recent high-precision estimates obtained in Monte Carlo studies of the Ising model and \phi^4 field theory on three-dimensional regular cubic lattices.Comment: 35 pages, LaTex, 8 tables, 8 postscript figure

Universality, frustration and conformal invariance in two-dimensional random Ising magnets

We consider long, finite-width strips of Ising spins with randomly distributed couplings. Frustration is introduced by allowing both ferro- and antiferromagnetic interactions. Free energy and spin-spin correlation functions are calculated by transfer-matrix methods. Numerical derivatives and finite-size scaling concepts allow estimates of the usual critical exponents $\gamma/\nu$, $\alpha/\nu$ and $\nu$ to be obtained, whenever a second-order transition is present. Low-temperature ordering persists for suitably small concentrations of frustrated bonds, with a transition governed by pure--Ising exponents. Contrary to the unfrustrated case, subdominant terms do not fit a simple, logarithmic-enhancement form. Our analysis also suggests a vertical critical line at and below the Nishimori point. Approaching this point along either the temperature axis or the Nishimori line, one finds non-diverging specific heats. A percolation-like ratio $\gamma/\nu$ is found upon analysis of the uniform susceptibility at the Nishimori point. Our data are also consistent with frustration inducing a breakdown of the relationship between correlation-length amplitude and critical exponents, predicted by conformal invariance for pure systems.Comment: RevTeX code for 10 pages, 9 eps figures, to appear in Physical Review B (September 1999