An investigation of information loss in black hole spacetimes is performed. We demon- strate that the definition of particles as energy levels of the Harmonic oscillator will not have physical significance in general and is thus not a good instrument to study the ra- diation of black holes. This is due to the ambiguity of the choice of coordinates on the phase space of the quantum field. We demonstrate how to identify quantum states in the functional Schr ̈dinger picture. o We demonstrate that information is truly lost in the case of a Vaidya black hole (a black hole formed from null dust) if we neglect back reaction. This is done by quantizing the constrained classical system of a Klein-Gordon field in a Vaidya background. The interaction picture of quantum mechanics can be applied to this system. We find a physically well motivated vacuum state for a spherically symmetric space- time with an extra conformal Killing vector. We also demonstrate how to calculate the response of a particle detector in the a LeMaitre-Tolman-Bondi spacetime with a self- similarity. Finally, some of the claims and confusion surrounding Unruh radiation, Hawking radiation and the equivalence principle are investigated and shown to be false.

The purpose of this thesis is to define a “local” version of Ozsváth and Szabó’s Heegaard Floer homology HFL^ for links in the 3-sphere, i.e. a Heegaard Floer homology HFT^ for tangles in the 3-ball. The decategorification of HFL^ is the classical Alexander polynomial for links; likewise, the decategorification of HFT^ gives a local version ∇ˢ of the Alexander polynomial. In the first chapter of this thesis, we give a purely combinatorial definition of this polynomial invariant ∇ˢ via Kauffman states and Alexander codes and investigate some of its properties. As an application, we show that the multivariate Alexander polynomial is mutation invariant. In the second chapter, we define HFT^ in two slightly different, but equivalent ways: One is via Juhász’s sutured Floer homology, the other by imitating the construction of HFL^. We then state a glueing theorem in terms of Zarev’s bordered sutured Floer homology, which endows HFT^ with additional structure. As an application, we show that any two links related by mutation about a (2,−3)-pretzel tangle have the same δ-graded link Floer homology. This result relies on a computer calculation. In the third and last chapter, we specialise to 4-ended tangles. In this case, we give a reformulation of HFT^ with a glueing structure in terms of (what we call) peculiar modules. Together with a glueing theorem, we can easily recover oriented and unoriented skein relations for HFL^. Our peculiar modules also enjoy some symmetry relations, which support a conjecture about δ-graded mutation invariance of HFL^. However, stronger symmetries would be needed to actually prove this conjecture. Finally, we explore the relationship between peculiar modules and twisted complexes in the wrapped Fukaya category of the 4-punctured sphere. There are four appendices, some of which might be of independent interest: In the first appendix, we describe a general construction of dg categories which unifies all algebraic structures used in this thesis, in particular type A and type D modules from bordered theory. In the second appendix, we prove a generalised version of Kauffman’s clock theorem, which plays a major role for our decategorified invariants. The last two appendices are manuals for two Mathematica programs. The first is a tool for computing the generators of HFT^ and the decategorified tangle invariant ∇ˢ. The second allows us to compute bordered sutured Floer homology using nice diagrams.

In order to fulfill increasing production rates, new automated production technologies are required for manufacturing carbon fiber reinforced plastic components for the aerospace industry. Currently, large, double curved composite components have to be manufactured manually, which leads to high process times and poor scalability. As a consequence, a team of cooperating robots with passively adjustable end-effectors was developed, that is capable of handling dry carbon textiles and can be used for layups in double curved molds. This thesis deals with the implementation of a robot program, that performs an automated adjustment of each end-effector to the surface geometry of the manufactured part. The functional principle and the accuracy of the process are evaluated. Further, the automatically adjusted end-effectors are utilized to cooperatively layup carbon plies. The results show, that the accuracy of the automated adjusting process is sufficient to drape carbon fabrics during pick-up and automated layup is possible with this approach. In conclusion, the developed process can be integrated into a fully automated process for future experiments, but hardware inaccuracies should be improved, in order to further enhance the accuracy of the system.

O problema de como descrever a dinâmica efetiva de partículas ou campos confinados a um espaço-tempo de baixa dimensão é de interesse em muitas áreas da física. Vários métodos foram propostos na literatura para atacar este problema. Recentemente, foram relatadas algumas evidências experimentais que são consistentes com a chamada abordagem de potencial confinante. À luz destes resultados, o objetivo desta tese é o de construir uma teoria quântica para partículas confinadas em uma subvariedade, imersa em um espaço-tempo plano, empregando o cenário conceitual da abordagem de potencial confinante. A tese está dividida em duas partes. A primeira parte é dedicada exclusivamente ao estudo da mecânica quântica em uma subvariedade. Para esta finalidade, deduzimos as equações efetivas de Schrödinger, Dirac e Klein-Gordon, em uma subvariedade curva, na presença de um campo electromagnético externo. Examinamos as características singulares estas equações e apresentamos algumas aplicações em física da matéria condensada. Na segunda parte, partimos da mecânica quântica na subvariedade e então formulamos a teoria quântica de campos (TQC) na subvariedade. Mostramos que a TQC \"livre\" em uma subvariedade pode ser representada esquematicamente como uma teoria de campos livres, em um fundo curvo, mais um potencial escalar e um campo externo SO(n - m) de Yang-Mills. Calculamos para essa teoria a ação efetiva em ordem de um laço para bósons e férmions a temperatura e potencial químico não nulos, em todas as ordens, usando a expansão de Seely-DeWitt. Para teorias com interações, demonstramos que a teoria conhecida como eletrodinâmica quântica reduzida (RQEDd?,de) pode ser recuperada a partir da abordagem de potencial confinante. Para uma teoria bidimensional, propomos uma grande classe de extensões do modelo de Schwinger, em que a interação entre férmions vai além do potencial linear. Demonstramos que, notavelmente, essas extensões são exatamente solúveis para férmions sem massa e que não há geração de massa dinâmica para os férmions. Além disso, construímos uma nova família de teorias que podem ser exatamente bosonizadas. Também mostramos que RQED4,2 tem as características necessárias para ser identificada como uma teoria de campo efetivo para fios de grafeno. Finalmente, estudamos o efeito da interação de campos magnéticos e pseudomagnéticos no grafeno. Para este sistema, calculamos o condensado fermiônico, a densidade de carga induzida de vácuo, a ação efetiva em ordem de um laço e a magnetização. Demonstramos que a presença de um campo pseudo-magnético diferente de zero torna possível observar experimentalmente uma densidade de carga induzida de vácuo. Além disso, vamos mostrar que é possível ter controle sobre a magnetização, bem como a massa dinâmica para cada vale no grafeno, quer seja por deformações ou variando o campo magnético aplicado. / The problem of how to describe the effective dynamics of particles or fields confined to a lower dimensional curved space-time is of interest in many areas of physics. In the literature, several methods have been proposed to attack this problem. Recently it has been reported some experimental evidences that are consistent with the so-called confining potential approach. In light of these results, the purpose of this thesis is to construct a quantum theory for particles confined in a submanifold of a flat space-time employing the theoretical framework of the confining potential approach. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first one is dedicated exclusively to the study of quantum mechanics on a submanifold. For this purpose, we derive the effective Schrödinger, Dirac and Klein-Gordon equations on a curved submanifold, in the presence of an external electromagnetic field. We examine the singular features of these equations and present some applications to condensed matter. In the second part of this thesis, we start from the quantum mechanics on the submanifold and then we formulate the quantum field theory (QFT) on the submanifold. We will show that the \"free\" QFT on a submanifold can be schematically represented as a quantum theory of free fields on a curved background plus a scalar potential and an external SO(n-m) Yang-Mills field. For this theory, we compute the one-loop effective action for scalars and fermions at finite temperature and chemical potential to all orders using the Seely-DeWitt expansion. For interacting theories, we will prove that the theory known as reduced quantum electrodynamics (RQEDd?,de) can be recovered from the confining potential approach. For a two-dimensional theory, we propose a large class of extensions of the Schwinger model, in which the interaction between fermions goes beyond the linear potential. We demonstrate that, remarkably, these extensions are exactly solvable for massless fermions and that there is no dynamical mass generation for the fermions. Furthermore, we construct a new family of exactly bosonized theories. We also show that RQED4,2 has the necessary features to be identified as an effective field theory for graphene wires. Finally, we study the effect of an interplay of real and pseudomagnetic fields in graphene. We compute the fermion condensate, the induced vacuum charge density, the one-loop effective action and the magnetization, for this system. We will show that the presence of a non-zero pseudomagnetic field makes it possible, experimentally, to observe an induced vacuum charge density. Moreover, we will show that it is possible to have control over the magnetization as well as the dynamical mass for each valley in graphene, by straining or varying the applied magnetic field.

The aim of this work is present the phenomenon denoted entanglement harvesting. We begin by introducing entanglement historically. Following, we go beyond the one particle theory in flat spacetime and introduce Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime, showing two famous consequences: the Unruh effect and the Hawking radiation. Finally, we analyze entanglement harvesting for two Unruh-deWitt detectors. In the fisrt example, we see that there is a \"sudden death\" point of entanglement harvesting when the detectors are near the BTZ black hole event horizon, due to redshift effect and Hawking radiation. Then, we compare the phenomenon for different scenarios, and find out that it is sensitive to the structure of spacetime. Finally, we see how detectors\' parameters affect it and find out that the smoothness of the switching of the detectors\' coupling to the field is extremely relevant. We also see how the parameters can be used to optimize entanglement harvested. / O objetivo desse trabalho é apresentar o fenômeno denotado colheita de emaranhamento. Primeiramente fazemos uma introdução histórica de emaranhamento de estados quânticos. Em seguida, introduzimos a Teoria Quântica de Campos no Espaço-tempo Curvo, como um passo além da teoria quântica de uma partícula no espaço-tempo plano, e demonstramos dois resultados famosos da teoria: o efeito Unruh e a radiação Hawking. Por fim, fazemos uma analise do fenômeno de colheita de emaranhamento para dois detectores Unruh-deWitt. Nosso primeiro exemplo mostra que há um ponto de \"morte súbita\" do fenômeno quando os detectores se aproximam do horizonte de eventos de um buraco negro de BTZ, que é uma consequência do efeito de redshift e da radiação Hawking. Em seguida, comparamos o fenômeno em cenários diferentes, e observamos que a colheita de emaranhamento é sensível à estrutura do espaço-tempo. Por último, analisamos como os parâmetros dos detectores afetam a colheita de emaranhamento, e vemos que a suavidade em que o acoplamento dos detectores com o campo é \"ligado\" e \"desligado\" é extremamente relevante. Também analisamos como podemos usar os parâmetros dos detectores para otimizar a quantidade de emaranhamento colhida.

Neste trabalho estudamos propriedades termodinÃmicas de um gÃs de elÃtrons confinado em uma superfÃcie bidimensional cilÃndrica sob a aÃÃo de um campo magnÃtico perpendicular ao eixo do cilindro. Observamos que o campo magnÃtico aplicado desta forma produz efeito similar ao produzido por um campo magnÃtico nÃo-homogÃneo em um sistema plano. Calculamos o espectro de energia nesse sistema para diferentes valores de curvatura e simetria do campo com a superfÃcie. Mostramos que as propriedades fÃsicas desses sistemas estÃo fortemente ligadas a essa simetria do campo magnÃtico atravÃs do cÃlculo da densidade de estados, potencial quÃmico e calor especÃfico do sistema. Investigamos como a curvatura de um filme semicondutor afeta suas propriedades eletrÃnicas e de transporte. Estudamos como o potencial efetivo induzido pelas deformaÃÃes de curvatura periÃdicas no filme modificam sua estrutura de bandas induzindo o confinamento eletrÃnico. Para parÃmetros fixos de curvatura, tal confinamento pode ser ajustado atravÃs de um campo elÃtrico externo, de modo que certas caracterÃsticas da estrutura de bandas tais como emph{gaps} de energia e curvaturas das bandas podem ser controladas por um parÃmetro externo. TambÃm mostramos que, para alguns valores de curvatura e campo elÃtrico, Ã possÃvel obter bandas de Dirac para filmes semicondutores com curvatura Gaussiana. AlÃm disso, usamos um mÃtodo de propagaÃÃo de pacotes de onda para demonstrar que as curvaturas sÃo responsÃveis por significantes transiÃÃes entre sub-bandas, especialmente para valores moderados de curvatura. / We study thermodynamic properties of an electron gas confined in a two-dimensional cylindrical surface under the action of a magnetic field perpendicular to the cylinder axis. We observed that the applied magnetic field has a similar effect to that produced by a non-homogeneous magnetic field on a flat system. We calculate the energy spectrum of the system for different values of curvature and symmetry of the magnetic field to the surface. We show that the physical properties of these systems are strongly connected to the symmetry imposed by the magnetic field by calculating the density of states, specific heat and chemical potential. We investigate how the curvature of a semiconductor film affects its electronic and transport properties. We study how the geometry-induced potential resulting exclusively from periodic ripples in the film modifies its band structure by inducing electronic confinement. For fixed curvature parameters, this confinement can be easily tuned by an external electric field, so that features of the band structure such as the energy gaps and band curvature can be controlled by an external parameter. We also show that, for some values of curvature and electric field, it is possible to obtain massless Dirac bands for a smooth structure. Moreover, we use a wave packet propagation method to demonstrate that the ripples are responsible for a significant inter-sub-band transition, specially for moderate values of the ripple height.

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In order to do so, an experimental program was developed to evaluate the influence of some variables in the anchorage strength and connections formed by bent bars into loop shape. In both cases, the bending diameter of the loop and the grade of steel fibers added to the concrete were adopted as variables. Different development lengths regarding the pullout experimental data were also considered in order to assess anchorage strength. The influence over connection strength of the transversal reinforcement presence to the loop level was also analyzed. The outcomes of experimental data showed that the adopted bending diameter to the loop have influenced neither anchorage strength nor connections. Anchorage strength is related to the development length of the reinforcement within the concrete. Once 2% of steel fibers were added to the concrete, there was yielding of the reinforcement into a development length of only 50 mm. Regarding the connections, the presence of transversal reinforcement ensured a gradual loss of force within the post-peak section. Such reinforcement only influenced the connection strength when it was used together with 1% steel fibers. The fibers provided additions to the anchorage strengths and to the connections allowing the length reduction of anchorage loops. The strut and tie model was employed within the development of one expression to the calculation of the studied connection strength. Overall, the proposed equation tended to underestimate the values of maximum force. / As ancoragens curvas podem ser utilizadas quando se deseja reduzir o comprimento necessário para transferência de tensões entre as barras da armadura e o concreto. Neste caso, a transferência de tensões é realizada não apenas por meio da aderência entre os dois materiais, mas também por compressão radial no concreto. A adição de fibras de aço ao concreto além de melhorar as propriedades de aderência entre a armadura e o concreto, aumenta a resistência à tração do material, contribuindo para evitar o fendilhamento no plano do laço. Este trabalho tem como objetivo estudar uma ligação resistente à força normal de tração constituída pelo traspasse de barras dobradas em forma de laço. Para tanto, foi desenvolvido um programa experimental que buscou avaliar a influência de algumas variáveis sobre a resistência de ancoragem e de ligações formadas por barras dobradas em forma de laço. Nos dois casos, foram adotados como variáveis o diâmetro de dobramento do laço e o teor de fibras de aço adicionadas ao concreto. No caso dos ensaios de arrancamento, para avaliação da resistência da ancoragem, foram também considerados diferentes comprimentos de ancoragem. Investigou-se, ainda, a influência sobre a resistência da ligação da presença de armadura transversal ao plano do laço. Os resultados dos ensaios indicaram que o diâmetro de dobramento adotado para o laço não influenciou a resistência da ancoragem nem das ligações. A resistência de ancoragem está basicamente relacionada ao comprimento de embutimento da armadura no concreto. Com a adição de 2% de fibras de aço ao concreto houve o escoamento da armadura para um comprimento de ancoragem de apenas 50 mm. No caso das ligações, a presença da armadura transversal garantiu perda gradual da força no trecho pós-pico. Essa armadura influenciou a resistência da ligação apenas quando utilizada em conjunto com as fibras de aço no teor de 1%. As fibras proporcionaram acréscimos na resistência das ancoragens e das ligações, além de terem permitido a redução do comprimento de ancoragem dos laços. O Modelo de Bielas e Tirantes foi empregado no desenvolvimento de uma expressão para o cálculo da resistência da ligação estudada. De modo geral, a equação proposta tendeu a subestimar os valores de força máxima.

A model for stress and strain accumulation in strike slip earthquake faults is presented in which a finite width cuboidal fault region is embedded between two cuboidal tectonic plates. Elasto-plastic continuum constitutive equations model the gouge in the fault and the tectonic plates are linear elastic solids obeying the generalised Hooke's law. The model predicts a velocity field which is comparable to surface deformations. The plastic behaviour of the fault material allows the velocities in the tectonic plate to increase to values which are independent of the distance from the fault. Both of the non-trivial stress and strain components accumulate most significantly in the vicinity of the fault. The release of these strains during a dynamic earthquake event would produce the most severe deformations at the fault which is consistent with observations and the notion of an epicenter. The accumulations in the model, however, are at depths larger than would be expected. Plastic strains build up most significantly at the base of the fault which is in yield for the longest length of time but additionally is subject to larger temperatures which makes the material more ductile. The speed of propagation of the elasto-plastic boundary is calculated and its acceleration towards the surface of the fault may be indicative of a dynamic earthquake type event.

Orientadores: Ricardo Antonio Mosna, Guillermo Gerardo Cabrera Oyarzun / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T12:57:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Souza_IbereOliveiraKuntzde_M.pdf: 20917156 bytes, checksum: bb95eeb451fb153542f18a4c8e165528 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: Nesse trabalho estudamos configurações geométricas de um cristal líquido bidimensional sobre substratos curvos. Em particular, estamos interessados na fase esmética-A desses materiais, em que as suas moléculas são organizadas em camadas. Isso é interessante pois grande parte das propriedades de um cristal líquido, como as propriedades ópticas e elásticas, é afetada pela curvatura do seu substrato. Diferentemente dos esméticos no plano euclidiano, em superfícies curvas a presença de curvatura gaussiana dá origem a defeitos topológicos e grain boundaries na estrutura dos esméticos. Mostrarei essa interação entre curvatura e defeitos topológicos em algumas superfícies no limite em que a contribuição à energia devido a compressão das camadas é muito maior do que as contribuições provenientes de outros tipos de deformação. Nesse regime, o estado de menor energia é obtido quando as camadas esméticas são igualmente espaçadas. Isso faz com que o vetor diretor siga as geodésicas da superfície, o que leva a uma interessante analogia entre esméticos e óptica geométrica. Além disso, é bem conhecido na comunidade de óptica que lentes planas de índice de refração não-uniformes podem ser tratadas como superfícies curvas, cujas geodésicas se propagam da mesma forma que a luz se propaga na lente. Com isso, pode-se fabricar, em princípio, superfícies com propriedades ópticas específicas e, dessa forma, construir texturas esméticas com diferentes defeitos e singularidades a partir da extensa literatura conhecida de lentes / Abstract: We study geometrical configurations of liquid crystals defined on curved bidimensional substrates. We are particularly interested in the smectics-A phase, whose molecules are organized in layers. This is an interesting problem since many of the liquid crystal characteristics, such as its optical and elastic properties, are affected by the curvature of its substrate. Differently from the planar case, in curved surfaces the presence of Gaussian curvature induces topological defects and grain boundaries in the smectic structure. We will illustrate this interplay between curvature and topological defects for different surfaces in the limit where the energy contribution due to the compression of the layers is much larger than the contributions from other types of deformations. At this regime, the ground state is obtained when the smectic layers are uniformly spaced. In this case the normals to the layers follows geodesics of the surface. This leads to an interesting analogy between smectics and geometric optics. Moreover, it is well known in the optics community that flat lenses with nonuniform refractive index can be treated as curved surfaces, where their geodesics propagate in the same way that light propagates in the lens. Therefore, one can manufacture, in principle, surfaces with specific optical properties and construct smectic textures with different topological defects and singularities by using the extensive literature of known lenses / Mestrado / Física / Mestre em Física

Cette thèse concerne l'étude des propriétés de champs scalaires classiques et quantiques en présence d'un environnement inhomogène et/ou dépendant du temps. Nous nous concentrerons sur des modèles pouvant être décrits, fondamentalement ou de manière effective, par un espace-temps courbe contenant un horizon des événements. Nous verrons en particulier comment une correspondance mathématique, provenant d'une symétrie de Lorentz effective à basse énergie, permet de relier les comportements des ondes dans un cadre non relativiste à la physique des trous noirs, quelles en sont les limites et dans quelle mesure les résultats ainsi obtenus sont og analogues fg à leurs pendants gravitationnels. Après un premier chapitre d'introduction rappelant quelques bases de relativité générale puis une dérivation de la radiation de Hawking et de la correspondance avec des systèmes non relativistes, je présenterai le détail de quatre travaux effectués durant ma thèse. Les autres articles écrits dans ce cadre sont résumés dans le dernier chapitre, précédant une conclusion générale. Mes collaborateurs et moi nous sommes concentrés sur trois aspects du comportement des champs près de l'analogue d'un horizon des événements dans des modèles avec une symétrie de Lorentz effective à basse énergie. Le premier concerne les effets non linéaires, cruciaux pour comprendre l'évolution de la radiation de Hawking ainsi que pour les réalisations expérimentales mais auparavant peu étudiés. Nous montrerons comment ceux-ci déterminent les possibles comportements aux temps longs pour des systèmes stables ou instables. Le second aspect a trait aux effets linéaires et quantiques, en particulier la radiation de Hawking elle-même, son devenir lorsque l'horizon est continûment effacé, ainsi que les diverses instabilités à même de survenir dans différents modèles. Enfin, nous avons participé à l'élaboration, à l'analyse et à l'étude d’expériences dites de og gravité analogue fg dans des condensats de Bose-Einstein et des systèmes hydrodynamiques ou acoustiques, dont je rapporte les principaux résultats. / The present thesis deals with some properties of classical and quantum scalar fields in an inhomogeneous and/or time-dependent background, focusing on models where the latter can be described as a curved space-time with an event horizon. While naturally formulated in a gravitational context, such models extend to many physical systems with an effective Lorentz invariance at low energy. We shall see how this effective symmetry allows one to relate the behavior of perturbations in these systems to black-hole physics, what are its limitations, and in which sense results thus obtained are “analogous” to their general relativistic counterparts. The first chapter serves as a general introduction. A few notions from Einstein's theory of gravity are introduced and a derivation of Hawking radiation is sketched. The correspondence with low-energy systems is then explained through three important examples. The next four chapters each details one of the works completed during this thesis, updated and slightly reorganized to account for new developments which occurred after their publication. The other articles I contributed to are summarized in the last chapter, before the general conclusion. My collaborators and I focused on three aspects of the behavior of fields close to the (analogue) event horizon in models with an effective low-energy Lorentz symmetry. The first one concerns nonlinear effects, which had been given little attention in view of their crucial importance for understanding the evolution in time of Hawking radiation as well as for experimental realizations. We showed in particular how they determine the late-time behavior in stable and unstable configurations. The second aspect concerns linear and quantum effects. We studied the Hawking radiation itself in several models and what replaces it when continuously erasing the horizon. We also characterized and classified the different types of linear instabilities which can occur. Finally, we contributed to the design and analysis of “analogue gravity” experiments in Bose-Einstein condensates, hydrodynamic flows, and acoustic setups, of which I report the main results.