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ARES+MOOG - a practical overview of an EW method to derive stellar parameters
The goal of this document is to describe the important practical aspects in
the use of an Equivalent Width (EW) method for the derivation of spectroscopic
stellar parameters. A general description of the fundamental steps composing
any EW method is given, together with possible differences that may be found in
different methods used in the literature. Then ARES+MOOG is then used as an
example where each step of the method is described in detail. A special focus
is given for the specific steps of this method, namely the use of a
differential analysis to define the atomic data for the adopted line list, the
automatic EW determinations, and the way to find the best parameters at the end
of the procedure. Finally, a practical tutorial is given, where we focus on
simple exercises useful to illustrate and explain the dependence of the
abundances with the assumed stellar parameters. The interdependences are
described and a clear procedure is given to find the "final" stellar
parameters.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication as a chapter in
"Determination of Atmospheric Parameters of B, A, F and G Type Stars",
Springer (2014), eds. E. Niemczura, B. Smalley, W. Pyc
Energy in an Expanding Universe in the Teleparallel Geometry
The main purpose of this paper is to explicitly verify the consistency of the
energy-momentum and angular momentum tensor of the gravitational field
established in the Hamiltonian structure of the Teleparallel Equivalent of
General Relativity (TEGR). In order to reach these objectives, we obtained the
total energy and angular momentum (matter plus gravitational field) of the
closed universe of the Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW). The result
is compared with those obtained from the pseudotensors of Einstein and
Landau-Lifshitz. We also applied the field equations (TEGR) in an expanding
FLRW universe. Considering the stress energy-momentum tensor for a perfect
fluid, we found a teleparallel equivalent of Friedmann equations of General
Relativity (GR).Comment: 19 pages, no figures. Revised in view of Referee's comments. Version
to appear in the Brazilian Journal of Physic
Space-time Torsion and Neutrino Oscillations in Vacuum
The objective of this study is to verify the consistency of the prescription
of alternative minimum coupling (connection) proposed by the Teleparallel
Equivalent to General Relativity (TEGR) for the Dirac equation. With this aim,
we studied the problem of neutrino oscillations in Weitzenbock space-time in
the Schwarzschild metric. In particular, we calculate the phase dynamics of
neutrinos. The relation of spin of the neutrino with the space-time torsion is
clarified through the determination of the phase differences between spin
eigenstates of the neutrinos.Comment: 07 pages, no figure
Angular Momentum of the BTZ Black Hole in the Teleparallel Geometry
We carry out the Hamiltonian formulation of the three- dimensional
gravitational teleparallelism without imposing the time gauge condition, by
rigorously performing the Legendre transform. Definition of the gravitational
angular momentum arises by suitably interpreting the integral form of the
constraint equation Gama^ik=0 as an angular momentum equation. The
gravitational angular momentum is evaluated for the gravitational field of a
rotating BTZ black hole.Comment: 17 pages, no figures, v2: some misprints corrected, Ref.s added, Eq.s
revised, submitted to General Relativity and Gravitatio
Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of ornamental plants from Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
A list of 35 scale insects collected from 72 ornamental plant species in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil is provided. Regarding host specificity, 30 scale insects were polyphagous, 4 oligophagous, and 1 monophagous. A total of 102 coccoid/plant associations are recorded, 29 of which are new host records for the species; 60 are new host records for the species in Brazil. Pulvinaria urbicola Cockerell, 1893 (Coccidae), Phenacoccus similis Granara de Willink, 1983 (Pseudococcidae), and Orthezia molinarii (Morrison, 1952) (Ortheziidae) are recorded for the first time in Brazil. In addition, we describe the injury caused by scale insects on ornamental plants
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