Five-Dimensional QED, Muon Pair Production and Correction to the Coulomb Potential

We consider QED in five dimensions in a configuration where matter is localized on a 3-brane while foton propagates in the bulk. The idea is to investigate the effects of the Kaluza-Klein modes of the photon in the relativistic regime, but in low energy, and in the nonrelativistic regime. In the relativistic regime, we calculate the cross section for the reaction $e^+ + e^- \to \mu^+ + \mu^-$. We compare our theoretical result with a precise measurement of this cross section at $\sqrt{s}=57.77$ GeV. As result, we extract a lower bound on the size of the extra dimension. In the nonrelativistic regime, we derive the contribution for the Coulomb potential due to the whole tower of the Kaluza-Klein excited modes of the photon. We use the modified potential to calculate the Rutherford scattering differential cross section.Comment: minor changes, three new refs. added, to appear in IJMP

A simplified method to enhance the analysis for new information systems in corporate environments

The impact of efficient Information System Strategy Plans has proven crucial to modern-day corporations. However, during the analysis phase for a technical solution to fulfil an identified need in an enterprise, many teams tend to focus on a very issue-specific analysis and overlook its underlying global corporate impacts. On the other hand, it is difficult and time-expensive for these teams to analyse every existing corporate solution and how they are affected by their technical decisions. Moreover, such analysis still represents a significant organisational risk. To reduce such risks and perform a more efficient analysis we propose a simple method that considers an initial high-level analysis, focusing on the most common requirements of an enterprise in what concerns its Information Systems.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Espumas cerâmicas como suportes catalíticos

Espumas reticulares de cordierite desenvolvidas por um método de polimerização “in situ” revelaram propriedades de elevado interesse para a aplicação como suportes catalíticos. Estas espumas são caracterizadas por possuírem porosidades superiores (>90%) às obtidas pelo método de replicação polimérica (70-85%). O desenvolvimento de um método de revestimento de espumas cerâmicas com catalisadores zeolíticos, e a optimização de parâmetros como teor de sólidos, ligante, surfactante ou pré-revestimento da espuma, tem estado a ser efectuado. As melhores características foram observadas para espumas com aproximadamente 17% (p/p) de revestimento obtidas a partir de suspensões com cerca de 16% de teor de sólidos. Espumas revestidas com zeólitos Pt/ZSM5 estão a ser utilizadas como catalisadores para a combustão catalítica de COVs, nomeadamente isopropanol e toluen

On the relation between Transversal and Longitudinal Scaling in Cities

Given that a group of cities follows a scaling law connecting urban population with socio-economic or infrastructural metrics (transversal scaling), should we expect that each city would follow the same behavior over time (longitudinal scaling)? This assumption has important policy implications, although rigorous empirical tests have been so far hindered by the lack of suitable data. Here, we advance the debate by looking into the temporal evolution of the scaling laws for 5507 municipalities in Brazil. We focus on the relationship between population size and two urban variables, GDP and water network length, analyzing the time evolution of the system of cities as well as their individual trajectory. We find that longitudinal (individual) scaling exponents are city-specific, but they are distributed around an average value that approaches to the transversal scaling exponent when the data are decomposed to eliminate external factors, and when we only consider cities with a sufficiently large growth rate. Such results give support to the idea that the longitudinal dynamics is a micro-scaling version of the transversal dynamics of the entire urban system. Finally, we propose a mathematical framework that connects the microscopic level to global behavior, and, in all analyzed cases, we find good agreement between theoretical prediction and empirical evidence

Analytical BER Performance Evaluation in SISO and MIMO Environments with SC-FDE Modulations and IB-DFE Receivers

This paper preseThis paper presents the analysis of the obtainment of the theoretical bit error rate (BER) performance in single-input-single-output and multiple-input-multiple-output systems with single-carrier with frequency-domain equalization modulations and iterative receivers based on the iterative block decision feedback equalization concept. Through the consideration of a Gaussian-based approach to obtain the BER performance, we present a simple and accurate model to improve such method by compensating the difference between the theoretical performance results and the ones obtained by simulation.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Anisotropic superconducting properties of aligned MgB2 crystallites

Samples of aligned MgB2 crystallites have been prepared, allowing for the first time the direct identification of an upper critical field anisotropy Hc2^{ab}/Hc2^{c}= xi_{ab}/xi_{c} ~ 1.73; with xi_{o,ab} ~ 70 A, xi_{o,c} ~ 40 A, and a mass anisotropy ratio m_{ab}/m_{c} ~ 0.3. A ferromagnetic background signal was identified, possibly related to the raw materials purity.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures; Revised version to appear in Phys. Rev. Let

Analysis of the temperature influence on Langmuir probe measurements on the basis of gyrofluid simulations

The influence of the temperature and its fluctuations on the ion saturation current and the floating potential, which are typical quantities measured by Langmuir probes in the turbulent edge region of fusion plasmas, is analysed by global nonlinear gyrofluid simulations for two exemplary parameter regimes. The numerical simulation facilitates a direct access to densities, temperatures and the plasma potential at different radial positions around the separatrix. This allows a comparison between raw data and the calculated ion saturation current and floating potential within the simulation. Calculations of the fluctuation-induced radial particle flux and its statistical properties reveal significant differences to the actual values at all radial positions of the simulation domain, if the floating potential and the temperature averaged density inferred from the ion saturation current is used.Comment: Submitted to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusio

Produção de pólen por abelhas melíferas (Apis mellifera) em área de cultivo de manga (Mangifera indica L.) no projeto irrigado de Maniçoba, Juazeiro-BA.

Para incrementar a produção da manga em áreas irrigadas no Vale do Submédio São Francisco, os produtores utilizam colmeias de abelhas Apis mellifera, que realizam sua polinização. Entretanto, não se sabe se paralelamente os apicultores poderiam aproveitar as abelhas nas áreas de cultivo também para a produção de pólen apícola. Desta forma, este trabalho foi realizado com o objetivo de avaliar a produção de pólen por colmeias de A. mellifera em área de cultivo de manga no projeto irrigado de Maniçoba, Juazeiro-BA. O pólen foi coletado por meio de coletor de pólen frontal em duas colmeias previamente padronizadas quanto à quantidade de áreas de cria e alimento estocado. As coletas foram realizadas a cada 24 horas, por cinco dias consecutivos, em outubro de 2011. Os grãos de pólen retirados dos coletores foram armazenados em embalagens plásticas individuais, secados em estufa a 40-50ºC, durante 24 horas e, em seguida, pesados em balança de precisão. A coleta de pólen foi baixa em ambas as colônias durante todo o período experimental. No entanto, em cada dia, a colônia 1 coletou relativamente mais pólen que a colônia 2, embora estas diferenças não foram significativas. Seria necessário repetir o experimento em maior número de áreas de cultivo para confirmar que a produção é realmente muito baixa, e assim, não indicar esta atividade como alternativa para os apicultores da região