Physical regularization for the spin-1/2 Aharonov-Bohm problem in conical space

We examine the bound state and scattering problem of a spin-one-half particle undergone to an Aharonov-Bohm potential in a conical space in the nonrelativistic limit. The crucial problem of the \delta-function singularity coming from the Zeeman spin interaction with the magnetic flux tube is solved through the self-adjoint extension method. Using two different approaches already known in the literature, both based on the self-adjoint extension method, we obtain the self-adjoint extension parameter to the bound state and scattering scenarios in terms of the physics of the problem. It is shown that such a parameter is the same for both situations. The method is general and is suitable for any quantum system with a singular Hamiltonian that has bound and scattering states.Comment: Revtex4, 5 pages, published versio

Phase transitions and statistical mechanics for BPS Black Holes in AdS/CFT

Using the general framework developed in hep-th/0607056, we study in detail the phase space of BPS Black Holes in AdS, for the case where all three electric charges are equal. Although these solitons are supersymmetric with zero Hawking temperature, it turns out that these Black Holes have rich phase structure with sharp phase transitions associated to a corresponding critical generalized temperature. We are able to rewrite the gravity variables in terms of dual CFT variables and compare the gravity phase diagram with the free dual CFT phase diagram. In particular, the elusive supergravity constraint characteristic of these Black Holes is particulary simple and in fact appears naturally in the dual CFT in the definition of the BPS Index. Armed with this constraint, we find perfect match between BH and free CFT charges up to expected constant factors.Comment: 14 pages, 5 figures, corrected typos and references adde

The Noncommutative Supersymmetric Nonlinear Sigma Model

We show that the noncommutativity of space-time destroys the renormalizability of the 1/N expansion of the O(N) Gross-Neveu model. A similar statement holds for the noncommutative nonlinear sigma model. However, we show that, up to the subleading order in 1/N expansion, the noncommutative supersymmetric O(N) nonlinear sigma model becomes renormalizable in D=3. We also show that dynamical mass generation is restored and there is no catastrophic UV/IR mixing. Unlike the commutative case, we find that the Lagrange multiplier fields, which enforce the supersymmetric constraints, are also renormalized. For D=2 the divergence of the four point function of the basic scalar field, which in D=3 is absent, cannot be eliminated by means of a counterterm having the structure of a Moyal product.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figures, revtex, minor modifications in the text, references adde

Insetos Praga e Benéficos na Cultura do Tungue.

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Influências de usinas hidrelétricas no funcionamento hidro-ecológico do Pantanal Mato-Grossense - recomendações.

Esta publicação tem como objetivo registrar e divulgar as recomendações resultantes do Workshop ?Influências de usinas hidrelétricas no funcionamento hidro-ecológico do Pantanal, Brasil? realizado durante o VIII INTECOL ? Conferência Internacional de Áreas Úmidas, em Cuiabá (20-25 de julho de 2008), que teve como objetivo embasar tecnicamente e de forma multidisciplinar a discussão sobre a conservação dos processos hidrológicos que regem o funcionamento e as inter-relações ecológicas características do Pantanal Mato-Grossense. O documento discute com propriedade a importância dos chamados ?pulsos de inundação?, ou ciclos de cheias e secas anuais e interanuais, os quais influenciam, por sua vez, as relações sociais, culturais e econômicas da população pantaneira. Este trabalho também mostra a preocupação dos participantes deste encontro científico com relação às intervenções previstas na bacia, que podem alterar o seu regime hidrológico, prejudicando a sustentabilidade da região.bitstream/CPAP-2010/57285/1/DOC102.pd