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Vortex-Antivortex Lattice in Ultra-Cold Fermi Gases
We discuss ultra-cold Fermi gases in two dimensions, which could be realized
in a strongly confining one-dimensional optical lattice. We obtain the
temperature versus effective interaction phase diagram for an s-wave superfluid
and show that, below a certain critical temperature T_c, spontaneous
vortex-antivortex pairs appear for all coupling strengths. In addition, we show
that the evolution from weak to strong coupling is smooth, and that the system
forms a square vortex-antivortex lattice at a lower critical temperature T_M.Comment: Submitted to Physical Review Letter
Quantum Non-Demolition Test of Bipartite Complementarity
We present a quantum circuit that implements a non-demolition measurement of
complementary single- and bi-partite properties of a two-qubit system:
entanglement and single-partite visibility and predictability. The system must
be in a pure state with real coefficients in the computational basis, which
allows a direct operational interpretation of those properties. The circuit can
be realized in many systems of interest to quantum information.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Temperature scaling in a dense vibro-fluidised granular material
The leading order "temperature" of a dense two dimensional granular material
fluidised by external vibrations is determined. An asymptotic solution is
obtained where the particles are considered to be elastic in the leading
approximation. The velocity distribution is a Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution in
the leading approximation. The density profile is determined by solving the
momentum balance equation in the vertical direction, where the relation between
the pressure and density is provided by the virial equation of state. The
predictions of the present analysis show good agreement with simulation results
at higher densities where theories for a dilute vibrated granular material,
with the pressure-density relation provided by the ideal gas law, are in error.
The theory also predicts the scaling relations of the total dissipation in the
bed reported by McNamara and Luding (PRE v 58, p 813).Comment: ReVTeX (psfrag), 5 pages, 5 figures, Submitted to PR
Experimental evidence of shock mitigation in a Hertzian tapered chain
We present an experimental study of the mechanical impulse propagation
through a horizontal alignment of elastic spheres of progressively decreasing
diameter , namely a tapered chain. Experimentally, the diameters of
spheres which interact via the Hertz potential are selected to keep as close as
possible to an exponential decrease, , where the
experimental tapering factor is either ~% or ~%.
In agreement with recent numerical results, an impulse initiated in a
monodisperse chain (a chain of identical beads) propagates without shape
changes, and progressively transfer its energy and momentum to a propagating
tail when it further travels in a tapered chain. As a result, the front pulse
of this wave decreases in amplitude and accelerates. Both effects are
satisfactorily described by the hard spheres approximation, and basically, the
shock mitigation is due to partial transmissions, from one bead to the next, of
momentum and energy of the front pulse. In addition when small dissipation is
included, a better agreement with experiments is found. A close analysis of the
loading part of the experimental pulses demonstrates that the front wave adopts
itself a self similar solution as it propagates in the tapered chain. Finally,
our results corroborate the capability of these chains to thermalize
propagating impulses and thereby act as shock absorbing devices.Comment: ReVTeX, 7 pages with 6 eps, accepted for Phys. Rev. E (Related papers
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Biodiversidade de epifíticos em folhas de Avicennia germinans e tolerância a salinidade.
Manguezais são ecossistemas complexos e particulares, possuem alta produtividade e diversidade biológica. No Brasil esse nicho ainda é inexplorado. O presente trabalho visou o levantamento da biodiversidade epifítica cultivável de folhas de Avicennia germinans e a tolerância dos isolados à salinidade. Foram obtidos 41 isolados dos quais muitos não puderam ser identificados, provavelmente por se tratarem de novas linhagens e espécies
Avaliação toxicopatológica em ratos expostos à Pseudomonas putida.
A bactéria Pseudomonas putida tem se mostrado hábil na degradação de vários xenobióticos, porém são poucos os estudos a respeito da segurança de seu uso para a saúde humana. A fim de avaliar os possíveis efeitos toxicopatológicos da bactéria, uma linhagem de P. putida, envolvida na biodegradação do herbicida propanil, foi administrada a ratos, em suspensões de 108 ufc mL?1 via oral. Os animais foram observados diariamente, não havendo alterações clínicas ou quaisquer lesões em órgãos internos após a exposição à bactéria. Os animais também foram submetidos à necropsia em diferentes intervalos após a administração, com a retirada de vários órgãos para verificar a presença da bactéria nesses tecidos. A bactéria não cresceu nas amostras biológicas após 3 e 24 h da exposição, mas sim após 16 h, no pulmão no grupo tratado com a bactéria ativa. A confirmação em nível de espécie das colônias isoladas nos órgãos foi realizada pela análise do perfil dos ácidos graxos de membrana. O protocolo utilizado mostrou-se adequado para analisar a segurança de uso dessa bactéria em mamíferos
Efeitos de doses de lodo de esgoto na população da broca-da-bananeira.
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Actinomycetes isolated from soil's Brazilian ecosystems: potential agents of biological control of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in soybean (Glycine max l. Merrill).
Topological insulator particles as optically induced oscillators: towards dynamical force measurements and optical rheology
We report the first experimental study upon the optical trapping and
manipulation of topological insulator (TI) particles. By virtue of the unique
TI properties, which have a conducting surface and an insulating bulk, the
particles present a peculiar behaviour in the presence of a single laser beam
optical tweezers: they oscillate in a plane perpendicular to the direction of
the laser propagation, as a result of the competition between radiation
pressure and gradient forces. In other words, TI particles behave as optically
induced oscillators, allowing dynamical measurements with unprecedented
simplicity and purely optical control. Actually, optical rheology of soft
matter interfaces and biological membranes, as well as dynamical force
measurements in macromolecules and biopolymers, may be quoted as feasible
possibilities for the near future.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures. Correspondence and requests for Supplementary
Material should be addressed to [email protected]
Ground-state configurations in ferromagnetic nanotori
Magnetization ground states are studied in toroidal nanomagnets. The
energetics associated to the ferromagnetic, vortex and onion-like
configurations are explicitly computed. The analysis reveals that the vortex
appears to be the most prominent of such states, minimizing total energy in
every torus with internal radius (for Permalloy). For
the vortex remains the most favorable pattern whenever
( is the torus external radius and is
the exchange length), being substituted by the ferromagnetic state whenever
.Comment: 16 pages, 9 figures, 3 apendices, Revtex forma
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