Cells exposed to heat stress experience an increase in the amount of misfolded and aggregated proteins. Cells respond to this threat through coordinated and finely tuned ad- justments in gene expression. When the ambient temperature increases, cells activate the heat stress response (HSR), a process in which the transcription of mRNAs encoding heat shock proteins (Hsps) is upregulated. During severe heat stress, cells also downregulate the synthesis of misfolding-prone housekeeping proteins while the synthesis of Hsps takes precedence. Consequently, the amount of misfolded and aggregated proteins is reduced by Hsps. While the transcriptional HSR has been studied in depth over the last 50 years, our understanding of protein translation regulation during heat stress remains limited. Biomolecular condensates have been proposed as a new way to regulate cellular functions. In budding yeast exposed to severe heat stress, the repression in the synthesis of housekeep- ing proteins coincides with the formation of condensates called heat stress granules (HSGs). HSGs are enriched for translation factors and translationally-repressed mRNAs and they have been implicated in translation regulation. However, if and how HSGs regulate translation during severe heat stress has remained elusive. Using in vitro reconstitution assays, I demonstrate that the heat-induced condensation of translation factors together with mRNA is an adaptive mechanism to regulate protein synthesis during severe heat stress. My thesis work focused on the translation initiation factor complex eIF4F from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. eIF4F was previously shown to promote global translation of capped mRNAs. One subunit of eIF4F is eIF4G, an RNA-binding and scaffold protein that interacts with numerous translation initiation factors. Two other subunits of eIF4F are the RNA helicase eIF4A and the mRNA cap-binding protein eIF4E. eIF4G also interacts with the poly(A) binding protein (Pab1p) and the RNA helicase Ded1p, which like eIF4F, are crucial in translation initiation. Importantly, eIF4G, eIF4E, Pab1p and Ded1p condense into HSGs in yeast upon severe heat stress, while eIF4A remains soluble in the cytosol. To investigate the function of these translation factors in regulating translation, I purified eIF4F, Pab1p and Ded1p. Using purified eIF4F, nanoluciferase-encoding reporter mRNAsand an in vitro translation assay, I showed that eIF4F enhances general protein synthesis. Together with Pab1p and Ded1p, eIF4F enhances the translation of reporter mRNAs with 5’ UTRs of housekeeping transcripts to a greater extent than reporter mRNAs with 5’ UTRs of Hsp-encoding genes. These findings suggest important differences in translation regulation at physiological temperatures and that efficient translation of housekeeping mRNAs requires synergy between eIF4F, Pab1p and Ded1p. Next, I reconstituted eIF4G condensates in vitro using biochemical approaches. I found that eIF4G forms condensates with mRNA. The condensation of eIF4G-mRNA is promoted by heat-induced structural rearrangements and interaction valences between eIF4G RNAbinding domains (RBDs). eIF4G has three RBDs, where the removal of either RBDs did not affect the RNA binding affinity but repressed condensation. Thus, eIF4G-mRNA condensation requires cooperativity between the three RBDs. Critically, I found that the mechanism of heat-induced condensation is conserved and adapted in eIF4G orthologues from yeast species that thrive in colder or warmer temperatures. Using multi-component in vitro assays, I found that heated eIF4G-mRNA condensates recruit eIF4E and Pab1p. In agreement with the fact that eIF4A does not assemble into HSGs in cells, eIF4A did not partition into eIF4G-mRNA condensates, which is likely due to a heat-induced weakening of interactions with eIF4G. I next characterized eIF4G variants with targeted mutations in the eIF4E- and Pab1-binding sites of eIF4G. This allowed me to demonstrate that the recruitment of eIF4E into eIF4G-mRNA condensates is driven by protein-mediated interactions. Furthermore, I found that heterotypic interactions between eIF4G, Pab1 and the poly(A) tail of mRNA promote the solidification of heated condensates. This is consistent with previous observations reporting solid-like properties of HSGs. Finally, I investigated the translation activity of heated translation factor condensates in yeast cell-free extracts. Solid-like eIF4F-mRNA condensates with Pab1p or Ded1p resulted in a pronounced repression of translation. This coincided with the recruitment of reporter mRNAs into condensates. Based on these findings, I thus propose that the repression in translation of housekeeping mRNAs during severe heat stress in yeast is a consequence of the formation of solid-like translation factor and mRNA condensates. Further analyses revealed that mRNA outside of condensates are translated in an eIF4A-dependent manner. This is because eIF4A is not recruited to the condensates and remains active upon heating. In summary, I propose that heat stress promotes the condensation of mRNA with eIF4G, eIF4E, Pab1p and Ded1p into solid-like condensates. In vitro assays suggest that translation factors inside of condensates are inactive while the mRNA is translationally repressed. This model highlights a mechanism for the downregulation in the synthesis of housekeeping proteins during severe heat stress in yeast. My findings also suggest that the preferential translation of mRNAs encoding Hsps occurs independently of the condensate-forming translation factors and may be mediated by eIF4A, which does not localise into HSGs. I thus conclude that translation regulation during severe heat stress is achieved by specific translation initiation factors that form inactive and solid-like condensates with mRNA.

Quantum degenerate molecular gases are of interest for the unique level of control they offer over chemical interactions and processes. To reach the quantum degenerate regime, these molecular gases must be cooled to ultracold temperatures, typically on the order of 100 nanoKelvins. Unlike atoms, with a few-level system that facilitates cooling, molecules represent a many-level system, which makes these temperatures experimentally difficult to achieve. As a result, experiments have turned to photoassociation and Feshbach resonance as shortcuts to form ultracold molecules from already ultracold atoms. Photoassociation and Feshbach resonance have been utilized to successfully create stable quantum degenerate molecules, but not on a routine basis, and only for a small range of molecular species. The primary focus of this thesis will be to study photoassociation and Feshbach resonance, and investigate possible routes to more efficient long-lived quantum degenerate molecule formation. We will also investigate realistic limiting conditions to open the possibility to more routine molecules, and to molecular species that are currently inaccessible. Overall, we find combined photoassociation and Feshbach resonance are viable schemes for efficiently creating quantum degenerate molecules, under realistic restrictions such as low laser intensity, narrow Feshbach resonance, and strong elastic collisions. As the techniques to create quantum degenerate molecules become more robust and experimentally available, the creation of colder, larger, and more long-lived samples will facilitate study of these molecules, and spur development into new applications. / Physics

Dans cette thèse nous étudions expérimentalement les propriétés magnétiques de condensats de sodium de spin 1 à l'équilibre. Dans ce système les atomes peuvent occuper chacun des trois états Zeeman caractérisés par la projection de leur spin sur l'axe de quantification m=+1,0,-1. Nous mesurons l'état de spin à N particules du système en fonction du champ magnétique appliqué et et de la magnétisation (différence entre les populations des états m=+1 et m=-1) du nuage atomique. Nos mesures sont en très bon accord avec la prédiction de la théorie de champ moyen, et nous identifions deux phases magnétiques résultant de la compétition entre les interactions de spin antiferromagnétiques et l'effet du champ magnétique. Nous décrivons ces deux phases en terme d'un ordre nématique de spin caractérisant la symétrie de l'état de spin à N particules. Dans une seconde partie nous nous concentrons sur les propriétés du condensat à très faible magnétisation et soumis à un faible champ magnétique. Dans ces conditions, la symétrie du système se manifeste à travers de très grandes fluctuations de spin. Ce phénomène n'est pas explicable par une théorie de champs moyen naïve, et nous développons une approche statistique plus élaborée pour décrire l'état de spin du condensat. Nous mesurons les fluctuations de spin et nous sommes capables de déduire de leur analyse la température caractérisant le degré de liberté de spin du condensat. Nous trouvons que cette température diffère de celle décrivant les atomes thermiques entourant le condensat. Nous interprétons cette différence comme une conséquence du faible couplage entre ces deux systèmes. / In this thesis we study experimentally the magnetic properties of spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate of Sodium at equilibrium. In this system the atoms can occupy any of the three Zeeman states characterized by their spin projection on the quantization axis m=+1,0,-1. We measure the many-body spin state of the system as a function of the applied magnetic field and of the magnetization (difference between the populations of the spin states m=+1 and m=-1) of the atomic sample. We find that our measurements reproduce very well the mean-field prediction, and we identify two magnetic phases expressing the competition between the antiferromagnetic inter-particle interactions and the effect of the magnetic field. We describe these phases in terms of a spin nematic order characterizing the symmetry of the many-body spin state. In a second part we focus on the properties of condensates of very low magnetization under a weak magnetic field. In these conditions, the symmetry of the system manifests itself in huge spin fluctuations. This phenomenon is not explainable by a naive mean-field theory and we develop a more elaborate statistical approach to describe the spin state of the condensate. We measure the spin fluctuations and are able from their analysis to infer the temperature characterizing the spin degree of freedom of the condensate. We find that this temperature differs from the temperature of the thermal fraction surrounding the condensate. We interpret this difference as a consequence of the weak coupling between these two systems.

Tendo em vista experimentos envolvendo o estudo da dinâmica de gases quânticos aprisionados, visando a simulação quântica de sistemas complexos, este trabalho discute a implementação e o estudo da técnica de imagem dispersiva, por contraste de fase, e a compara com o método de imagem por absorção óptica. A implementação da nova técnica foi feita em um regime não convencional de dessintonia, explorando a região proxima da ressonância atômica, onde se deve levar em conta o efeito da absorção, além da mudança de fase, do campo elétrico do laser de prova, após interagir com os átomos. Portanto, este trabalho apresenta não só a implementação de uma nova técnica experimental, mas também um modelo simples para interpretar os dados obtidos nesse novo regime. / Envisioning experiments involving the dynamics of trapped quantum gases, towards the quantum simulation of complex systems, this work presents the implementation and study of a dispersive imaging technique, by phase contrast, and compares it to absorption imaging. The implementation of this new technique in our laboratory was done in a non conventional range of detunings, exploring the region near atomic resonance, where absortion effecs need to be taken into account, in addition to the phase shift, introduced in the electric field of the probing laser, after interacting with the atoms. Therefore, this work presents not only the implementation of a new experimental technique, but also a simple model to interpret the dada obtained in this new regime.

Será explorada a versão hidrodinâmica da equação de Schrödinger não-linear e não-local, descrevendo condensados de Bose-Einstein com auto-interações de longo alcance. Tais sistemas têm despertado interesse tendo em vista a busca da realização da condensação de Bose-Einstein sem necessidade de um potencial externo confinante e nos quais as interações atômicas locais não são suficientes. Para obter a descrição hidrodinâmica, a transformação de Madelung para a função de onda será utilizada, reduzindo o problema a uma equação da continuidade e a uma equação de transporte de momentum. Esta última é similar à equação de Euler em fluidos ideais, porém contendo um potencial quântico efetivo e um termo não local, o qual advém da interação atômica. Tais equações de fluido traduzem, respectivamente, a conservação da probabilidade e do momentum total. O método hidrodinâmico permitirá o estudo de excitações elementares, entre os quais os modos de Bogoliubov, segundo uma abordagem macroscópica. / The hydrodynamic version of the Schrödinger equation nonlinear and nonlocal will be explored, describing Bose-Einstein condensates with long-range self-interactions. Such systems have aroused interest with a view to pursuing the realization of Bose-Einstein condensation without an external confining potential and in which local atomic interactions are not enough. For the hydrodynamic description, the eikonal decomposition of the wave function is used, reducing the problem to one equation of continuity and to a transport of momentum equation. The latter is similar to the Euler equation in ideal fluid but containing an effective quantum potential and a nonlocal term, which comes from the atomic interaction. Such fluid equations translate, respectively, conservation of probability and total momentum. The hydrodynamic method will allow the study of elementary excitations, including Bogoliubov modes according to a macroscopic approach.

No contexto da teoria de Bogoliubov determinamos as configurações de equilíbrio e as excitações coletivas de um condensado de Bose-Einstein espinorial homogêneo com spin hiperfino S = 1, na presença e na ausência de um campo magnético externo. Na tese mapeamos as configurações de equilíbrio em função dos parâmetros e m, onde q está relacionado com a intensidade do termo quadrático da energia de Zeeman, c2 é a intensidade do termo da interação átomo-átomo dependente do spin, p é a densidade do condensado e m é a magnetização por partícula. Pelo exame do comportamento dos ramos de energia das excitações coletivas como função do momento determinamos as configurações de equilíbrio estáveis e mostramos que é possível classificá-las pela miscibilidade das componentes a = O e a = f 1, que é uma consequência direta da simetria axial no espaço de spin. O exame do diagrama de fase do sistema indica que ele depende crucialmente do caráter antiferromagnético ou ferromagnético dos átomos. No limite antiferromagnético o estado fundamental é imiscível e de fase indeterminada. Por outro lado no limite ferromagnético o estado fundamental pode ser miscível e de fase determinada. Em contrapartida verificamos a dominância do termo quadrático da energia de Zeeman em ambos os casos, no limite antiferromagnético quando e no limite ferromagnético quando & > 2. Fenômenos tais como o colpaso do condensado e transições de fase são também possíveis. Este trabalho se diferencia dos demais pelo fato de levar em conta explicitamente a conservação da magnetizaçáo do sistema, que nos permitiu fazer um estudo sistemático das configurações de equilíbrio, o que pode servir de guia para futuros estudos de efeitos que ocorrem tanto nas regiões estáveis quanto nas instáveis. / In the framework of the Bogoliubov theory, we determined the equilibrium configurations and the collective excitations of a homogeneous Bose-Einstein S = 1 spinor condensate, in the presence and absence of an externa1 magnetic field. In this thesis we found the equilibrium configurations as function of the parameters and m, where q is the intensity of the quadratic term of the Zeeman energy, ca is the intensity of the spin dependent atom-atom interaction term, p is the condensate density and m the magnetization per particle. By the study of the behaviour of the collective excitation energies as function of the moment, we found the stable equilibrium configurations and we show that they can be classified by the miscibility of the components a = O and a f 1, which is a direct consequence of the axial symmetry in the spin space. Examining the phase diagram, we see that it depends on the antiferromagnetic or ferromagnetic character of the atoms. In the antiferromagnetic limit, the ground state is imiscible and with an undetermined phase. However in the ferromagnetic limit the ground state can be miscible and with a fixed phase. On the other hand, we see in both cases the dominance of the quadratic term of the Zeeman energy, wlien & > O in the antiferromagnetic limit and wlien A- > 2 in the ferromagnetic limit. Phenomena such as condensate collapse and phase transition is also possible. This work differs from others by taking explicitly into account the conservation of the magnetization of the system, wich allowed us to perform a sistematic study of the equilibrium configurations, that can be a guide to future studies of effects that occur not only at the stable as also in the unstable regions

We study the application of Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) to simulations of phenomena across a number of disciplines in physics, using theoretical and computational methods. ¶ Collapsing condensates as created by E. Donley et al. [Nature 415, 39 (2002)] exhibit potentially useful parallels to an inflationary universe. To enable the exploitation of this analogy, we check if current quantum field theories describe collapsing condensates quantitatively, by targeting the discrepancy between experimental and theoretical values for the time to collapse. To this end, we couple the lowest order quantum field correlation functions to the condensate wavefunction, and solve the resulting Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov equations numerically. Complementarily, we perform stochastic truncated Wigner simulations of the collapse. Both methods also allow us to study finite temperature effects. ¶ We find with neither method that quantum corrections lead to a faster collapse than is predicted by Gross-Pitaevskii theory. We conclude that the discrepancy between the experimental and theoretical values of the collapse time cannot be explained by Gaussian quantum fluctuations or finite temperature effects. Further studies are thus required before the full analogue cosmology potential of collapsing condensates can be utilised. ¶ As the next project, we find experimental parameter regimes in which stable three-dimensional Skyrmions can exist in a condensate. We show that their stability in a harmonic trap depends critically on scattering lengths, atom numbers, trap rotation and trap anisotropy. In particular, for the Rb87 |F=1,m_f=-1>, |F=2,m_f=1> hyperfine states, stability is sensitive to the scattering lengths at the 2% level. We find stable Skyrmions with slightly more than 2*10^6 atoms, which can be stabilised against drifting out of the trap by laser pinning. ¶ As a stepping stone towards Skyrmions, we propose a method for the stabilisation of a stack of parallel vortex rings in a Bose-Einstein condensate. The method makes use of a ``hollow'' laser beam containing an optical vortex, which realises an optical tunnel for the condensate. Using realistic experimental parameters, we demonstrate numerically that our method can stabilise up to 9 vortex rings. ¶ Finally, we focus on analogue gravity, further exploiting the analogy between flowing condensates and general relativistic curved space time. We compare several realistic setups, investigating their suitability for the observation of analogue Hawking radiation. We link our proposal of stable ring flows to analogue gravity, by studying supersonic flows in the optical tunnel. We show that long-living immobile condensate solitons generated in the tunnel exhibit sonic horizons, and discuss whether these could be employed to study extreme cases in analogue gravity. ¶ Beyond these, our survey indicates that for conventional analogue Hawking radiation, simple outflow from a condensate reservoir, in effectively one dimension, has the best properties. We show with three dimensional simulations that stable sonic horizons exist under realistic conditions. However, we highlight that three-body losses impose limitations on the achievable analogue Hawking temperatures. These limitations vary between the atomic species and favour light atoms. ¶ Our results indicate that Bose-Einstein condensates will soon be useful for interdisciplinary studies by analogy, but also show that the experiments will be challenging.

Será explorada a versão hidrodinâmica da equação de Schrödinger não-linear e não-local, descrevendo condensados de Bose-Einstein com auto-interações de longo alcance. Tais sistemas têm despertado interesse tendo em vista a busca da realização da condensação de Bose-Einstein sem necessidade de um potencial externo confinante e nos quais as interações atômicas locais não são suficientes. Para obter a descrição hidrodinâmica, a transformação de Madelung para a função de onda será utilizada, reduzindo o problema a uma equação da continuidade e a uma equação de transporte de momentum. Esta última é similar à equação de Euler em fluidos ideais, porém contendo um potencial quântico efetivo e um termo não local, o qual advém da interação atômica. Tais equações de fluido traduzem, respectivamente, a conservação da probabilidade e do momentum total. O método hidrodinâmico permitirá o estudo de excitações elementares, entre os quais os modos de Bogoliubov, segundo uma abordagem macroscópica. / The hydrodynamic version of the Schrödinger equation nonlinear and nonlocal will be explored, describing Bose-Einstein condensates with long-range self-interactions. Such systems have aroused interest with a view to pursuing the realization of Bose-Einstein condensation without an external confining potential and in which local atomic interactions are not enough. For the hydrodynamic description, the eikonal decomposition of the wave function is used, reducing the problem to one equation of continuity and to a transport of momentum equation. The latter is similar to the Euler equation in ideal fluid but containing an effective quantum potential and a nonlocal term, which comes from the atomic interaction. Such fluid equations translate, respectively, conservation of probability and total momentum. The hydrodynamic method will allow the study of elementary excitations, including Bogoliubov modes according to a macroscopic approach.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Alguns aspectos não perturbativos das teorias de Yang-Mills puras em quatro dimensões Euclideanas, quantizadas no calibre de Landau, são estudados analiticamente. Por pura entendemos a teoria na ausência de matéria (férmions). Em particular, ivestigamos a geração dinâmica de massa para os gluons devido a presença de condensados de dimensão dois. Este estudo é feito utilizando a técnica de operadores locais compostos no caso da ação de Yang-Mills, bem como, no caso da ação de Gribov-Zwanziger. Além deste estudo, uma investigação sobre as ambigüidades de Gribov nos calibres lineares covariantes é apresentada. No caso da ação de Yang-Mills, fizemos uma análise detalhada da técnica de opera-dores locais compostos quando introduzidos, simultaneamente, os operadores A&#956;aA&#956;a e fabcc*bcc. Através da teoria da renormalização algébrica, provamos a renormalizabilidade do modelo a todas as ordens em teoria de perturbações. Com o auxílio das equações do grupo de renormalização uma ação quântica efetiva é construída para os condensados <A&#956;aA&#956;a> e <fabcc*bcc>. Esta construção é feita utilizando a regularização dimensional em conjunto com o esquema de renormalização MS. Mostramos que um valor não trivial para estes condensados é favorecido dinamicamente, independentemente da escala escolhida. Cálculos explícitos, a um laço, são apresentados fornecendo estimativas numéricas para estes condensados e para a energia do vácuo. Através de um estudo via identidades de Ward, somos capazes de mostrar formalmente que a presença do condensado Overhauser, <fabcc*bcc>, é responsável pela quebra de transversalidade da polarização do vácuo. Contudo, o propagador do glúon permanece transverso, a todas as ordens em teorias de perturbações. Finalmente, esta análise é terminada com o cálculo explícito da correção, a um laço, à massa do glúon, devido a presença destes condensados. O resultado é que existe uma quebra na degenerescência da massa entre gluons Abelianos e não Abelianos. Esta quebra, devido a massa não Abeliana ser maior que a Abeliana, pode ser interpretada como uma evidência da dominância Abeliana no calibre de Landau. Com relação à ação de Gribov-Zwanziger sem a inclusão de condensados, começamos por efetuar cálculos explícitos. Mostramos formalmente que, a um laço, a energia do vácuo será sempre positiva, independentemente do esquema de renormalização escolhido e da escala. Apresentamos uma discussão sobre a procura de soluções da condição de horizonte no esquema MS, a um e dois laços, e as respectivas dificuldades encontradas. Em seguida, mostramos, através da teoria de renormalização algébrica, que a inclusão do operador A&#956;aA&#956;a na ação de Gribov-Zwanziger via o formalismo LCO é renormalizável a todas as ordens em teoria de perturbações. Tentativas de resolver as equações de gap são apresentadas no esquema de renormalização MS a um laço. Mostramos formalmente que, para a condição de horizonte, não existem soluções para <A&#956;aA&#956;a> < 0 e somente uma solução para <A&#956;aA&#956;a> > 0 pode existir. Contudo, no esquema MS, não fomos capazes de encontrar esta solução explicitamente. Desta forma, uma aprimoração do esquema de renormalização é feita de forma a minimizar a dependência no esquema escolhido. Nesta otimização encontramos a solução no limite MS bem como para o caso em que a dependência no esquema de renormalização é mínima. Em ambos os casos, a energia do vácuo se mostra positiva e o condensado <A&#956;aA&#956;a> > 0. Após os cálculos explícitos, uma discussão sobre as conseqüências físicas de um parâmetro de Gribov não nulo é apresentada. Finalmente, apresentamos um estudo das ambiguidades de Gribov nos calibres lineares covariantes para o caso em que &#945;<<1, onde &#945; é o parâmetro de calibre. Após identificar uma região no espaço funcional das configurações na qual não existem cópias de Gribov próximas, efetuamos a respectiva restrição da integral de caminho. Como efeito no nível árvore, o propagador do glúon transverso se torna suprimido no limite infravermelho devido a presença do horizonte de Gribov. A componente longitudinal se mostra suprimida devido a geração dinâmica de massa, associada ao condensado <A&#956;aA&#956;a>. Ainda, diferentemente do calibre de Landau, o propagador dos campos fantasmas não apresenta conexão com forças de longo alcance. Em contrapartida, uma função de Green singular no infravermelho, relacionada ao horizonte, é identificada e pode ser associada a forças de longo alcance. Por fim, todos os resultados do calibre de Landau são recuperados no limite &#945;&#8594;0.. / Some nonperturbative aspects of Euclidean Yang-Mills theories in four dimensions,quantized in the Landau gauge, are analytically studied. In particular, we investigate the dynamical mass generation for the gluons due to the presence of dimension two condensates. This study is performed in the framework of the local composite operator technique in the case of the Yang-Mills action as well as in the case of the Gribov-Zwanziger action. Further, an investigation of the Gribov ambiguities in the linear covariant gauges is presented. In the case of the Yang-Mills action, we perform a detailed analysis of the local composite operator formalism when the operators AaAa and fabccbcc are simultaneously introduced. Using the algebraic renormalization theory, we prove the renormalizability of the model trough all orders in perturbation theory. With the help of the renormalization group equations, a quantum efective action for the condensates <AaAa> and <fabccbcc> is constructed. This construction is performed by means of the dimensional regularization in the MS renormalization scheme. We show that non vanishing condensates values are dynamically favored, independently of the chosen scale. Explicit one loop computations are then presented, providing estimates for the condensates as well as for the vacuum energy. With the help of suitable Ward identities, we are able to normally show that the presence of the condensate <fabccbcc> is responsible for the breaking of the transversality of the vacuum polarization. However, the gluon propagator remains transverse, trough all orders in perturbation theory. Finally, we end this analysis with the explicit computation of the one loop correction to the efective gluon mass. The result is that, due to the condensate <fabccbcc>, the Abelian and the non Abelian sectors acquire diferent masses. Since the non Abelian mass is larger than the Abelian one, this feature can be interpreted as an evidence for the Abelian dominance principle in the Landau gauge. With respect to the Gribov-Zwanziger action, we start our analysis without taking into account the condensate. We show that, at one loop order, the vacuum energy is always positive, independently of the renormalization scheme and scale. We also present attempts to solve the one and two loops horizon condition in the MS scheme, and also the respective obstacles of it. Later, using the algebraic renormalization theory, we show, to all orders in perturbation theory, the renormalizability of the Gribov-Zwanziger action when the composite operator AaAa is included in the framework of the local composite operator technique. Attempts to solve the one loop gap equations in the MS scheme are then presented. We show that there are no solutions for <AaAa> < 0 while for <AaAai> 0 there is only one possible solution for the horizon condition. However, in the MS scheme, we were not able to find explicitly that solution. As an improvement, an optimization of the renormalization scheme is performed in the sense of minimizing the renormalization scheme dependence. In that approach the MS limit solution was found as well as the solution with minimal dependence on the renormalization scheme. In both cases, the vacuum energy shows itself to be positive while the condensate <AaAa> > 0. A discussion of the consequences of a nonvanishing Gribov parameter is then provided. Finally, we present a study of the Gribov ambiguities in the linear covariant gauges for the case &#945;<<1, where &#945; is the gauge parameter. After the identification of a region in field space where there are no close Gribov copies, we perform the respective restriction in the path integral. As a tree level efect, the transverse gluon propagator turns out to be infrared suppressed, due to the presence of the Gribov horizon. The longitudinal component shows itself to be infrared suppressed due to the dynamical mass, associated with the condensate <AaAa>. Further, diferently of the Landau gauge, the ghost propagator is not related to the appearance of long range forces. Instead, an infrared singular Green function related to the Gribov horizon is identifed. This Green function can be associated with long range forces. At the end, all Landau gauge results can be recovered taking the limit &#945;&#8594;0.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A presente dissertação estuda com detalhes a evolução temporal fora do equilíbrio de um condensado de Bose-Einstein homogêneo diluído imerso em um reservatório térmico. Nós modelamos o sistema através de um campo de Bose escalar complexo. É apropriado descrever o comportamento microscópico desse sistema por meio da teoria quântica de campos através do formalismo de Schwinger-Keldysh. Usando esse formalismo, de tempo real a dinâmica do condensado é solucionada por um grupo de equações integro-diferencial auto consistente, essas são solucionadas numericamente. Estudamos também o cenário quench, e como a densidade do gás e as interações entre as flutuações tem o efeito de provocar as instabilidades nesse sistema. Aplicamos esse desenvolvimento para estudar o comportamento de duas espécies homogêneas de um gás de Bose diluído imerso em um reservatório térmico. / This Dissertation study the detailed out of equilibrium time evolution of a homogeneous diluted Bose-Einstein condensate in thermal bath. We modeled the system by means of one bosonic complex scalar field. The microscopic behavior of such an environment can be appropriately described by the non-equilibrium Schwinger-Keldysh formalism in a quantum field theory approach. Using this formalism, real-time dynamics of the condensate is encoded in a set of self-consistent integral-differential equations that we solved numerically. We studied, in the quench scenario, how the role of the interactions in the generation of the initial instability and the subsequent time evolution of the condensate. We also applied this technique to the study of a two-species homogeneous diluted Bose gas in a thermal bath.