Submitted by Vasti Diniz (vastijpa@hotmail.com) on 2017-09-13T14:26:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 2274734 bytes, checksum: 20f744b4f2279525b9a574a0a0de7838 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-13T14:26:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 2274734 bytes, checksum: 20f744b4f2279525b9a574a0a0de7838 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-22 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / In this thesis we deal with G odel-type Universes in the context of modi ed gravity, in particular, Chern-Simons modi ed gravity and Brans-Dicke theory with cosmological constant (BD- ). The G odel-type metrics have been intensively discussed in the General Relativity (GR) over years. It is known that such a metrics present Closed Time-like Curves (CTC's), in other words, the G odel-type metrics are themselves an example of the causality violation. Our goal is verify the consistency of the G odel-type metrics within the Chern-Simons modi ed gravity in both: non-dynamical and dynamical formulations. In the non-dynamical framework, we show that is possible a vacuum solution in contrast to GR. Another essentially new result that we get is the presence of causal solutions for a well-motivated matter source, in general, the solutions have no analogue in GR. Moreover, the vacuum solution represents the limiting case separating the completely causal and non-causal regions, such a property re ects the topological features of the Chern-Simons theory. The primordial distinguishing feature between the Chern-Simons modi ed gravity and GR solutions is the presence of the breaking Lorentz symmetry. It turns out this breaking opens up a range of new solutions. We show that the non-trivial Chern-Simons solutions in the non-dynamical framework is accompanied by rst-order corrections of the Lorentz-violating parameter. Furthermore, in the dynamical framework the geometric parameters are also a ected by second-order corrections of the Lorentzviolating parameter. We also investigated the G odel-type metrics in BD- model. We obtain a vacuum solution which is completely causal, m2 = 4!2, where for ~! ! 1 one recovers the GR with a scalar eld and cosmological constant. It is worth calling attention to the role of the cosmological constant that is fundamental in this context. / Nesta tese tratamos os Universos tipo Code' no contexto da gravidade modificada, em particular, na gravidade modificada de Chern-Simons e na teoria de Brans-Dicke com constante cosmolOgica (BD-A). As metricas tipo Code' vem sendo intensamente discuti­das na Relatividade Geral (RG) ao longo dos anon. Sabe-se que tail metricas apresentam Curvas tipo Tempo Fechadas (CTC's), ou seja, as prOprias metricas tipo Code' sao um exemplo da violagao de causalidade. Nosso objetivo é verificar a consistencia das metricas do tipo Code' dentro da gravidade modificada de Chern-Simons em ambas as formula-goes: nao dinamica e dinamica. Na formulagao nao-dinamica, mostramos que é possivel uma solugao de vacuo diferentemente da RG. Outro resultado essencialmente novo que obtemos é a presenga de solugoes causais para uma fonte de materia bem motivada, em geral, as solugoes nao tem analog° na RG. Alem disso, a solugao de vacuo representa o caso limite que separa as regioes completamente causal e nao causal, tal propriedade re­flete as caracteristicas topolOgicas da teoria de Chern-Simons. A caracteristica que difere fundamentalmente as solugoes da gravidade modificada de Chern-Simons e as da RG é a presenga da quebra da simetria de Lorentz. Acontece que essa quebra abre um leque de novas solugoes. Mostramos que as solugoes nao triviais de Chern-Simons na formulagao nao dinamica sao acompanhadas por corregoes de primeira ordem do parametro de viola­gao de Lorentz. Alem disso, na formulagao dinamica os parametros geometricos tambem sao afetados por corregoes de segunda ordem do parametro de violagao de Lorentz. Investigamos tambem as metricas tipo Code' no modelo BD-A. Obtemos uma solugao de vacuo completamente causal, m2 = 4w2, onde para cD -+ oo recupera-se a GR com um campo escalar e constante cosmolOgica. Vale a pena chamar a atengao para o papel da constante cosmolOgica que é fundamental neste contexto.

Maxim Kontsevich a défini un invariant $Z$ des sphères d'homologie rationnelle orientées de dimension $3$ en 1992, en poursuivant l'étude initiée par Edward Witten du développement perturbatif de la théorie de Chern-Simons.L'invariant $Z$ de Kontsevich est gradué. Il s'écrit $Z=(Z_n)_{nin NN }$, où $Z_n$ prend ses valeurs dans un espace $CA_n$ engendré par des diagrammes trivalents à $2n$ sommets appelésdiagrammes de Feynman-Jacobi de degré $n$.L'invariant $Z$ apparait d'abord comme un invariant $Z(M,tau)$ des sphères d'homologie rationnelle $M$ de dimension $3$ munies d'une parallélisation $tau$.Il est l'exponentielle d'un invariant $z(M,tau)=(z_n(M,tau))_{nin NN }$dont la partie de degré $n$ compte algébriquement les plongements des diagrammes de Feynman-Jacobi connexes à $2n$ sommets assujettis à vérifier certaines conditions.On peut associer un invariant homotopique entier $p_1(tau)$ aux parallélisations $tau$ des variétés orientées de dimension $3$, et il existe un élément $beta=(beta_n)_{nin NN}$ de $CA_n$ appelé anomalie tel que$$z_n(M,tau)-p_1(tau)beta_n$$ soit indépendant de $tau$ et noté $z_n(M)$.$$Z(M)=expleft((z_n(M))_{nin NN}right).$$On sait depuis l'introduction de cette constante par Greg Kuperberg et Dylan Thurston en 1999 que $beta_n=0$ si $n$ est pair et que $beta_1 neq 0$.Cette thèse porte sur le calcul de la première valeur inconnue $beta_3$. Elle en présente des expressions très simplifiées et implémentables sur ordinateur. / The Kontsevich invariant $Z$ of rational homology $3-$ sphere was constructed by Maxim Kontsevich in 1992 using configuration space integrals.This invariant is graduated. It can be written as $Z=(Z_n)_{nin NN}$, where $Z_n$ values in the space $mathcal{A}_n$ of jacobi diagram with order $n$. A Jacobi diagram with order $n$ is a trivalent graph with $2n$ vertices. At a first point, we can see $Z$ as an invariant $Z(M,tau)$ of rational homology $3-$spheres equipped with a trivialisation $tau$ so that $Z$ is the exponential of an invariant $z(M,tau)=(z_n(M,tau))_{ninNN}$. In fact, we can say that $z_n(M,tau)$ counts the number of embeddings of connected jacobi diagrams with order $n$ with some additionnal conditions. We can associate an homotopic integer invariant $p_1(tau)$ to each trivialisation $tau$ of oriented $3-$manifolds and it exists $beta=(beta_n)_{ninNN}$, where $beta_ninmathcal{A}_n$ that is called anomaly so that $$z_n(M,tau) - p_1(tay)$$ is independant of $tau$. We name it $z_n(M)$ and $$Z(M)=exp((z_n(M)_{nin NN})).$$Greg Kuperberg and Dylan Thurston introduced this constant in 1999. We already know that $beta_n=0$ if $n$ is even and $beta_1neq 0$. This thesis is about the computation of $beta_3$. It describes simplified expressions of $beta_3$, and this expressions can be compute with a computer.

Neste trabalho, estudamos diferentes construções e propriedades das classes características de variedades suaves e singulares. Para ilustrar a teoria, calculamos a obstrução de Euler de algumas superfícies singulares no espaço tridimensional e apresentamos uma fórmula do tipo Poincaré-Hopf para variedades singulares / In this work, we study different constructions and properties of the characteristics classes of smooth and singular manifolds. To ilustrate the theory, we compute the Euler obstructions of some singular surfaces in tridimensional space and state a Poincaré-Hopf´s formula for singular varieties

A passagem progressiva de estados de Landau bidimensional (2D) para estados tridimensional (3D) foi estudada em Poços Quânticos Parabólicos (PQW) largos (W = 1000 6000 Å). Utilizou-se como técnica de transporte medidas da magnetoresistência em campo magnético intenso (B = 0 15 T) e inclinado ( = 0 90°; perpendicular paralelo), a baixas temperaturas (T = 50 mK). Observou-se, através da dependência angular das oscilações de Shubnikov de Haas ( = 0 90°), em PQWs cheios, várias sub-bandas ocupadas (5 a 8), a coexistência de estados de Landau 2D e 3D, sendo o gás 3D formado pelo colapso das sub-bandas elevadas, e o gás 2D pertencendo à primeira sub-banda. Através de cálculos do alargamento dos níveis de Landau devido ao espalhamento elástico ( = /2 , onde é o tempo quântico) e de cálculos auto-consistentes da energia de separação entre sub-bandas do PQW (ij = Ej Ei; e 12=12/2), obtiveram-se as condições 2 j-1,j para as sub-bandas elevadas j = 3,4,..., corroborando com as observações experimentais da coexistência de estados de Landau 2D e 3D no poço. Em PQWs parcialmente cheios, com apenas 2 sub-bandas ocupadas, observou-se, através do efeito do anticruzamento de níveis de Landau, de medidas da dependência angular da energia de ativação no regime de efeito Hall quântico, e de comparações com resultados de cálculos da estrutura eletrônica de PQWs em campo magnético inclinado, a coexistência de estados de Landau 2D e 3D, ocorrendo somente em campos intensos e com inclinação acentuada ( = 80 90°). Esta coexistência é diferente da mencionada anteriormente, quando od estados de Landau 3D são observados já em campo perpendicular. / The gradual progress, or evolution, of the two-dimensional (2D) toward three-dimensional (3D) Landau states was studied in wide parabolic quantum Wells (W = 1000 6000 Å). As transport technique, we used measurements of the magnetoresistence in intense (B = 0 15 T) and tilted ( = 0 90°; perpendicular parallel) magnetic Field at low temperature (T = 50 Mk). We observed in PQWs with Five to eight sub-bands occupied full well the coexistence of the 2D and 3D Landau states, through the angular dependence of the Shubnikov de Hass oscillation ( = 0 90°), where the 2D states belong to the lowest sub-band and the 3D states are formed by overlap of the other sub-bands. We calculated the level broadening due to the elastic scattering rate ( = /2 , where is the quantum time), and the energy separation between sub-bands (ij = Ej Ei; e 12=12/2). We obtained 2 j-1,j to j=3,4,... . This confirms the experimental observations of the coexistence of the 2D and 3D states in the well. We also measured PQWs partially full 2 sub-bands occupied. Experiments revel anticrossing of the Landau level (LL) belonging to the lowest sub-band and the last LL belonging to the second sub-band. Such antisrossuing occurs due to a decrease of the energy of the LL with tilt angle. This observation was supported by measurements of the angular dependence of the activation energy in the quantum Hall regime. In these measurements, we also observed the coexistence of the 2D and 3D Landau states. However, the coexistence only occurs at large tilt angles ( = 80 90°). Thus, it is different from the coexistence above mentioned, when 3D Landau states are observed already in the perpendicular magnetic field.

Orientadores: Francisco Odair Vieira de Paiva, Augusto César Ponce / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Computação Científica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T10:14:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Presoto_AdilsonEduardo_D.pdf: 2067267 bytes, checksum: 79c3ffe06a88b7cba190920dcf512036 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: No trabalho precursor de Brezis, Marcus e Ponce [15], estudou-se problemas semilineares elípticos com uma não linearidade não decrescente, contínua e dependendo apenas da variável dependente e com medidas como dados. Os autores estavam particularmente interessados no caso em que a equação não possuía solução. Numa das técnicas estudadas, eles aproximaram a medida por funções suaves através da convolução e, sob a condição adicional de convexidade da não linearidade, mostraram que as soluções correspondentes convergiam para a solução do mesmo problema com a maior medida menor do que ou igual a medida inicial tal que o problema tinha solução. O nosso objetivo é explorar profundamente este método. Ao invés de lidar com a convolução, consideramos sequências de medidas de Radon que convergem na topologia fraca-estrela e tais que o problema tem solução para cada termo. A pergunta que se põe é: as soluções convergem? Se sim, temos que o limite satisfaz a mesma equação com uma medida, em geral, distinta do limite-fraco, logo desejamos também determinar esta medida. Quando temos uma não linearidade, como descrita no parágrafo acima, as respostas têm um alto grau de variação, conforme os exemplos dados nos trabalhos de Ponce, e são inconclusivas. A proposta da tese é estudar a convergência dessas soluções para equações e sistemas semilineares elípticos com a não linearidade sendo do tipo exponencial. No caso em que temos a equação semilinear no plano, as soluções convergem para a solução do mesmo problema com uma medida que depende apenas do limite-fraco da sequência. Também, vemos que em dimensões superiores essas asserções não se verificam mais. Por fim, o sistema que aplicamos a técnica acima é o Sistema de Chern-Simons, surgido na física teórica e que representa o modelo de Chern-Simons Abeliano relativístico envolvendo duas partículas Higgs e dois campos calibrados / Abstract: In the pioneering work of Brezis, Marcus and Ponce [15], the authors studied elliptic semilinear problems with a continuous nondecreasing nonlinearity which vanishes at origin and depends only on dependent variable, and with measures as inicial data. They were particularly interested in the case which the equation does not have a solution. One of the techniques discussed was the approach of the measure by smooth functions via convolution. Under the additional condition of convexity, they showed that the corresponding solutions converge to the solution for the same problem with the largest measure less than inicial datum such that the problem admits a solution. Our aim is to explore deeply this method. Instead of dealing with the convolution, we consider sequences of Radon measures which converge in weak-star topology and such that the problem has solution for each term. The question posted is: the solutions converge? If yes, the limit solves the same problem with, in general distinct from the weak limit, another measure, thus, we also wish to determine this measure. The purpose of the thesis is to study the convergence of solutions for equations and systems with exponential nonlinearity. If we have the equation semilinear on the plane, the solutions converge to a solution for the same problem with a measure which depends only on weak limit of the sequence. We also see that in upper dimensions the results are no longer assured. In the end, the system concerned is the Chern-Simons System that comes from theoretical physics and it represents a relativistic Abelian Chern- Simons model with two Higgs particles and two gauge fields / Doutorado / Matematica / Doutor em Matemática

Dans cette thèse, nous étudions l’effet du désordre magnétique sur les propriétés de transport électronique du graphène et des isolants topologiques 2D de type HgTe. Le graphène et les isolants topologiques sont des matériaux dont les excitations électroniques sont assimilées à des fermions de Dirac sans masse. L’influence des impuretés magnétiques sur les propriétés de transport du graphène est étudiée dans le régime de forts champs électriques. En conséquence de la production de paires électron-trou, la réponse devient non linéaire et dépend de la polarisation magnétique. Nous étudions une transition entre un isolant topologique bi-dimensionnel conducteur, caractérisé par une conductance G = 2 (en quantum de conductance) et un isolant de Chern avec G = 1, induite par des impuretés magnétiques polarisées. / In this thesis, we study the effect of a magnetic disorder on the electronic transport properties of graphene and HgTe-type 2D topological insulators. Graphene and topological insulators are materials whose electronic excitations are treated as massless Dirac fermions.The influence of magnetic impurities on the transport properties of graphene is investigated in the regime of strong applied electric fields. As a result of electron-hole pair creation, the response becomes nonlinear and dependent on the magnetic polarization.We investigate a transition between a two-dimensional topological insulator conduction state, characterized by a conductance G = 2 (in conductance quantum) and a Chern insulator with G = 1, induced by polarized magnetic impurities.

Cette thèse traite de quelques problèmes classiques en géométrie complexe. La première partie est consacrée à la géométrie Finslérienne complexe. Étant donnés deux fibrés vectoriels holomorphes E1 et E2, munis respectivement de deux structures Finslériennes F1 et F2, on construit une métrique Finslérienne F sur le fibré E 1 ⊗ E 2 faisant intervenir les structures Finslériennes initiales. Moyennant une hypothèse sur les sections globales de E1* et E2*, on donne une condition optimale sous laquelle F est strictement pseudo convexe à courbure négative. Ce résultat est présenté après un chapitre constituant un background Finslérien témoignant de la recherche bibliographique en amont de cette thèse et de quelques initiatives et essais personnels. La seconde partie de ce travail traite d'un problème en géométrie Kählerienne. On prouve l'existence d'une fonction "extrémale" minorant toutes les fonctions admissibles (c'est à dire strictement pseudo convexe à la métrique initiale près) à sup nul sur des variétés de Fano non toriques, à savoir la grassmannienne complexe G m,nm ( C ). Les fonctions considérées sont invariantes par un groupe d'automorphismes convenablement choisi. Cette minoration est faite dans le but de calculer l'invariant de Tian sur de telles variétés, les initiatives dans le cas non torique restant très rares, même sur les variétés les plus simples. / This thesis deals with some classical problems in complex geometry. The first part is devoted to a problem in complex Finsler Geometry. Giving two holomorphic vector bundles E1 and E2, respectively endowed with two Finsler structures F1 and F2, we build a Finsler metric F on E 1 ⊗ E 2 involving the two initial Finsler structures. This is done under some assumptions on global sections of E1* and E2*. We give an optimal condition under which F is strictly pseudo convex with negative curvature. This result is preceded by a chapter containing a background material in complex Finsler geometry and some personal attempts. The second part of this thesis deals with a problem in Kähler Geometry. We prove the existence of an "extremal" function lower bounding all admissible functions (ie plurisubharmonic functions modulo a metric) with sup equal to zero on the complex Grassmann manifold G m,nm ( C ). The functions considered are invariant under a suitable automorphisms group. This gives a conceptually simple method to compute Tian's invariant in the case of a non toric manifold.

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Orientador: Alysson Fábio Ferrari. / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do ABC. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física, 2012.

The present work covers the fabrication and electrical and magnetic investigation of LaNiO3- and LaMnO3- based superlattices (SL). In recent years, several interesting theoretical predictions have been made in these SLs, for example, Mott insulators, metal-insulator transitions, superconductivity, topological insulators, and Chern insulators. Motivated by the promising theoretical predictions, four kinds of SLs with different designed structures and orientations were systematically studied in this thesis. The samples were grown by pulsed laser deposition with in-situ reflection high-energy electron diffraction to monitor the two-dimensional layer-by-layer growth process. In order to ensure the high-quality of SLs, growth parameters were optimised. Characteristic methods like X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy were used. These measurements proved the high-quality of the SLs and provided the basis for electrical and magnetic measurements. The first studied SL is the (001)-oriented LaNiO3/LaAlO3 SL, which was predicted as a superconductor in theory. Temperature-dependent resistivity measurements revealed a metal-insulator transition by lowering the dimensionality of the LaNiO3 layers in the SLs from three dimensions to two dimensions. The second studied SL is the (111)-oriented LaNiO3/LaAlO3 SL, which was predicted as a topological insulator in theory. The polarity-controlled conductivity was observed and the intrinsic conductivity mechanisms were discussed by means of appropriate modeling. The third studied SL is LaMnO3/LaAlO3 SL, which was predicted as a Chern insulator in theory. By lowering the temperature, a paramagnetic-ferromagnetic phase transition and a thermal activated behavior were observed in the SLs. The last studied SL is the LaNiO3/LaMnO3 SL, in which an exchange bias effect was expected. The studies reveal the exchange bias exists in three kinds of SLs with different orientations.