I examine the observational effects of a light scalar field with a scalar coupling to masses and a pseudoscalar coupling to light and particle spins. The pseudoscalar coupling to light induces a coupling to atomic spins both by inducing a coupling to particle spins directly, and by interactions with electromagnetic fields in the atom. Experiments measuring the interaction of spins to the gradient of the field are the only known way to measure the strength of the interaction with spins. However, limits on the interaction with light derived from these experiments are barely competitive with the separate astronomical limits on the scalar interaction and the interaction with light. Assuming a low mass of the field, as would be the case if the field acts as quintessence, the polarization rotation of the CMB provides a much tighter limit on the product of the pseudoscalar and scalar interaction strengths.

An experimental investigation of the mean scalar concentration field of jets into a uniform counterflow stream using planar laser induced fluorescence is presented. The centerline decay and radial spreading of the mean concentration field of the jet were investigated. Jet to counterflow velocity ratios ranging between 4 to 19 were used for two different jet diameters. Universal forms for the centerline concentration decay, and radial concentration profiles of the jet are presented. Scaling factors of the centerline concentration decay are introduced. The jet growth rate was found to be divided into two regions: the linear growth region and the power law growth region. The effects of inlet yaw angles on the penetration length, axial concentration decay and similarity region of the counterflowing jet are presented. A minimal effect of the tested inlet yaw angles on the concentration field was observed. Empirical expressions to predict the centerline concentration decay are given.

Errata inserted opposite p.177. / Bibliography: p. 173-177. / x, 177 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / The classical dynamical structure of cosomological models in which the matter content of the universe consists of a scalar field with arbitrary non-negative potential is analyzed in full. (abstract) / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Physics and Mathematical Physics, 1996?

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-77).

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Canterbury, 2006. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-114). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Submitted by Emanuel Varela Cardoso (emanuel.varela@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-10-18T19:17:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MARIA APARECIDA DOS SANTOS – DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGFísica) 2014.pdf: 628300 bytes, checksum: be5188c733755263bec183578258ca27 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-10-18T19:17:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MARIA APARECIDA DOS SANTOS – DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGFísica) 2014.pdf: 628300 bytes, checksum: be5188c733755263bec183578258ca27 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02 / Capes / Considerando as diferentes abordagens possíveis referentes ao Universo, este trabalho está voltado para o estudo da Cosmologia Padrão e Inflacionária utilizando campos escalares para descrever a fase de expansão acelerada do Universo. Assim, através da Teoria da Gravitação proposta pela Relatividade Geral é possível determinar as equações de Friedmann e utilizando a Teoria de Campos em Cosmologia podemos obter uma equação de movimento que descreve a evolução temporal de um campo escalar chamado ínflaton, responsável pela inflação. Nesse sentido, propomos como alternativa a utilização de alguns modelos de potenciais já existentes, dentre os quais: V ( ) =12m2 2 (quadr atico), V ( ) = C cos2 (tipo cosseno), V ( ) = C sin2 (tipo seno), V ( ) = (t) 4 e o potencial constante V = V0. Buscando dessa forma descrever a evolução temporal do fator de escala a(t) e o comportamento do parâmetro de desaceleração q(t) com o objetivo de analisar a fase inflacionária, identi cando regiões de aceleração e desaceleração do Universo nos cenários dos espaços plano e curvo. / Taking into consideration the set of di erent approaches to the Universe existent today this work focuses on standard cosmology and in ationary expansion of the said using scalar elds to describe the expansion acceleration rate. Therefore, through a gravitation theory proposed by General Relativity is possible to set Friedmann`s equations and using Field Theory applied to Cosmology to obtain an equation of motion which describes the temporal evolution of a scalar eld called in action, which is responsible for the in ationary process. In this sense, we propose as alternative some models whose potentials are already established, among them: V ( ) = 12m2 2 (quadratic), V ( ) = C cos2 (cosinelike) , V ( ) = C sin2 (sinelike), V ( ) = (t) 4 and the constant potential V = V0 . We seek with this to describe the temporal evolution of the scale factor a(t) and how the decelerating parameter behaves and then analyze the in ationary faze, indentifying periods when the Universe was accelerating or decelerating given curve or plane space scenarios.

The energy-momentum tensor (EMT) is the Noether current associated with translations. It is of interest because, first of all, it has physical meaning as it contains the energy density and the momentum density. Moreover, its trace can be related to the beta function so that the scaling behaviour of the theory at hand can be studied. We are particularly interested in the scaling behaviour of strongly coupled theories. To explore the strong coupling regime it is necessary to compute the EMT non-perturbatively, i.e. on the lattice. This complicates matters greatly. On the lattice translation invariance is broken which leads to additional terms in the translation Ward identity from which the EMT is derived. This results in turn in the need to renormalise the EMT on the lattice. In this thesis we extend recent studies on the renormalisation of the EMT in four-dimensional gauge theory to the case of a three-dimensional scalar theory to investigate its divergence structure and the numerical feasibility of the suggested procedure on a more basic level. Furthermore, scalar φ4-theory in three dimensions exhibits an infrared fixed point and can thus serve as a toy model to examine mechanisms for building theories beyond the standard model. Our strategy to renormalise the EMT on the lattice is to identify all possible terms that can mix with both sides of the translation Ward identity. The renormalised EMT is a combination of operators of the same or lower dimension obeying the symmetries of the theory. The mixing is determined by requiring that the renormalised EMT satisfies the correct Ward identities. Using different probes in the translation Ward identity one can compute the coefficients of the EMT by solving a linear system of equations. However, contact terms can arise. One solution is the recently introduced Wilson flow. Its renormalisation properties allow for expectation values free of contact terms. That way the Wilson flow provides for a meaningful theoretical formulation of the EMT on the lattice that can be used in practice. In this thesis we review the renormalisation properties and the phase diagram of scalar φ4-theory in three dimensions, the translation Ward identity and the EMT in the continuum, as well as the gradient flow for scalar theory. A large part is dedicated to the perturbative renormalisation of the EMT on the lattice. Finally, our strategy to compute the renormalisation constants of the EMT in scalar theory non-perturbatively is discussed in detail, and our results for the renormalisation constants are presented.

PEREIRA, José Ilhano da Silva. Hipersuperfícies mínimas de R4 com curvatura de Gauss-Kronecker nula. 2017. 44 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Matemática) - Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, 2017. / Submitted by Andrea Dantas (pgmat@mat.ufc.br) on 2017-10-02T15:01:31Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_jispereira.pdf: 596580 bytes, checksum: 3c2c1a16d4ce273bfb7c246f7926c01a (MD5) / Rejected by Rocilda Sales (rocilda@ufc.br), reason: Boa tarde, Estou devolvendo a Dissertação de JOSÉ ILHANO DA SILVA PEREIRA, pois há alguns erros a serem corrigidos. Os mesmos seguem listados a seguir. 1- FOLHA DE APROVAÇÃO (substitua a folha de aprovação, por outra que não contenha as assinaturas dos membros da banca examinadora) 2- NUMERAÇÃO INDEVIDA (a numeração indevida de página que aparece na folha de aprovação deve ser retirada) 3- RESUMO (retire o recuo de parágrafo presente no resumo e no abstract) 4- PALAVRAS-CHAVE (apenas o primeiro elemento de cada palavra-chave deve começar com letra maiúscula, assim reescreva as palavras-chave como no exemplo a seguir: Hipersuperfícies mínimas) 5- SUMÁRIO (Os títulos dos capítulos principais, que aparecem no sumário e no interior do trabalho, devem estar em caixa alta (letra maiúscula). Ex.: 2 PRELIMINARES 2.1 Tensores 6 – REFERÊNCIAS (retire o conjunto de “citações” à autores que aparece no final das referências bibliográficas, pois elas fogem ao padrão ABNT para a página das referências) Atenciosamente, on 2017-10-04T17:50:58Z (GMT) / Submitted by Andrea Dantas (pgmat@mat.ufc.br) on 2017-10-23T19:57:28Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_jispereira.pdf: 333124 bytes, checksum: 37989a2f3787d5914a0c0553afd4e89f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rocilda Sales (rocilda@ufc.br) on 2017-11-01T12:35:13Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_jispereira.pdf: 333124 bytes, checksum: 37989a2f3787d5914a0c0553afd4e89f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-01T12:35:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_jispereira.pdf: 333124 bytes, checksum: 37989a2f3787d5914a0c0553afd4e89f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-08-25 / This work does study the complete minimal hypersurfaces in the Euclidean space R4 , with Gauss-Kronecker curvature identically zero. Our main result is to prove that if f: M3 → R4 is a complete minimal hypersurface with Gauss-Kronecker curvature identically zero, nowhere vanishing second fundamental form and scalar curvature boun-ded from below, then f(M3) splits as a Euclidean product L2 × R , where L2 is a complete minimal surface in R3 with Gaussian curvature bounded from below. Moreover, we show a result about the Gauss-Kronecker curvature of f, without any assumption on the scalar curvature. / Este trabalho tem como objetivo estudar as hipersuperfícies mínimas em R4, com curvatura de Gauss-Kronecker identicamente zero. Como resultado principal provamos que se f : M3 → R4 é uma hipersuperfície mínima com curvatura de Gauss-Kronecker identicamente zero, segunda forma fundamental não se anulando em nenhum ponto e curvatura escalar limitada inferiormente, então f(M3) se decompõe como um produto euclidiano do tipo L2 × R , onde L2 é uma superfície mínima de R3 com curvatura Gaussiana limitada inferiormente. Finalmente, apresentamos um resultado sobre a curvatura de Gauss-Kronecker de f sem nenhuma hipótese sobre a curvatura escalar.

Submitted by Emanuel Varela Cardoso (emanuel.varela@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-11-07T19:11:33Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ELISAMA ERALDENE MARQUES LIMA – DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGFísica) 2014.pdf: 760068 bytes, checksum: 6115401533b8caeb632c4666b961caa1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-07T19:11:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ELISAMA ERALDENE MARQUES LIMA – DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGFísica) 2014.pdf: 760068 bytes, checksum: 6115401533b8caeb632c4666b961caa1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-09-26 / CNPq / Neste trabalho, estudamos as propriedades termodinâmicas da condensação de Bose-Einstein (CBE) para um gás de bósons relativísticos no contexto da teoria quântica de campos não-comutativa. Tais teorias foram introduzidas como uma generalização da mecânica quântica em um espaço-tempo não-comutativo. Nosso principal objetivo é investigar em que regimes de temperatura e/ou energia a não-comutatividade pode caracterizar algum comportamento distinto nas propriedades de um condensado de Bose-Einsteindes-crito por um gás bosônico relativístico. Usamos uma teoria baseada no conceito de campos não-comutativos, são introduzidos os parâmetros θ e σ que atuam como reguladores para a teoria, ambos desempenham um papel fundamental na modificação das relações de dispersão do campo bosônico não-comutativo em estudo, o que leva a possíveis consequências fenomenológicas. Expressões analíticas para a fração de partículas no condensado, energia interna, pressão e calor específico do sistema são obtidas através de aproximações baseadas em expansões nos parâmetros não-comutativos, cujos resultados são comparados com os obtidos através de cálculos numéricos. Os efeitos da não comutatividade nas propriedades do sistema são discutidos, então é encontrado que as modificações introduzidas nessa teorias e tornam mais relevantes no regime de altas temperaturas. / In this work, we study the thermo dynamic properties of the Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) for a relativistic Bose gas in the context of the non commutative quantum field theory. Such theories was introduced as a generalization of quantum mechanics on a non commutative space time. Our main goal is to investigate in which temperature and/or energy regimes the non commutativity can characterize some influence in the properties of Bose-Einstein condensation described by a relativistic bosonic gas. We use a non com- mutative bosonic field theory introducing the non commutative parameters θ and σ. Both parameters play a key role in the modified dispersion relations of the non commutative bosonic field, leading to possibles triking consequences for phenomenology. Analytical expressions for the condensate fraction, internal energy, pressure and specifiche at of the system are obtained by expanding in a power series of the non commutative parameters. These results are compared with that one get by numerical methods. The non commuta- tive effects in the thermo dynamic properties of the system are discussed, then is found that the non commutativity exhibit caracteristics important at high temperature.