Esta tese tem por base três artigos publicados pelo autor e colaboradores. O primeiro artigo trata do problema da quantização de modelos pseudoclássicos de partículas escalares em campos de fundo não-abelianos, cujo foco é a dedução desses modelos pseudo-clássicos usando métodos de integral de trajetória. O segundo artigo investiga a possibilidade de realizar modelos de gravitação dilatônica em variedades não-comutativas em duas dimensões. Para tanto, vale-se de um método de análise de vínculos e simetrias especialmente desenvolvido para gravitação não-comutativa em duas dimensões. O terceiro artigo discute modelos renormalizáveis em espaços-tempo não-comutativos com parâmetro de não-comutatividade bifermiônico em quatro dimensões. / This thesis is based on three published papers by the author and co-authors. The rst article treats the quantization problem of pseudoclassical models of scalar particles in non-Abelian backgrounds, which aims at deriving these models using path-integral methods. The second article examines the possibility of realizing dilaton gravity models in noncommutative two-dimensional manifolds. It relies upon a method of analysis of constraints and symmetries especially developed for non-commutative dilaton gravities in two dimensions. The third article discusses renormalizable models in noncommutative spacetime with bifermionic noncommutative parameter in four dimensions.

This thesis is concerned with several problems in general relativity and low energy string theory that are pertinent to the time evolution of the gravitational field. We present a formulation of the Einstein field equations in terms of variational techniques borrowed from geometric analysis. These equations yield the evolution equations for the Cauchy problems of both general relativity and low energy string theory. We then proceed to investigate the evolutionary linear stability of Schwarzschild-like solutions in higher dimensional relativity called black strings. These objects are determined to be linearly unstable. This motivates a further stability analysis of the charged p-brane solutions of low energy string theory. We show that one can eliminate linear instabilities in p-branes for sufficiently large values of charge. We also consider the characteristic problem of general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD). We compute the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of GRMHD and establish degeneracy conditions. Finally, we consider the initial value problem for axisymmetric GRMHD. We formulate the general Einstein and MHD equations under the assumption of a stationary axisymmetric spacetime without assuming the circularity condition.

In the present work, we study some aspects of Einstein's theory of gravitation in general spacetimes with an arbitrary number of dimensions. In the first chapter we summarize the foundations of used geometric formalism and we derive the equation of goedesic deviation representing the relation between relative acceleration and the Riemann tensor. Second chapter presents different types of algebraic classification of the Weyl tensor in four and higher dimensions. Third chapter is devoted to a detailed examination of the test particle motions and also to the interpretation of different terms in the general equation of geodesic deviation. The fourth section examines appropriate choice of the interpretation frame and the coordinates. The final fifth chapter contains an analysis of the motion of test particles in the Robinson-Trautman spacetime with an arbitrary higher number of dimensions.

In this work we study various aspects of the behaviour of free test particles in Einstein's general relativity and analyze specific physical properties of the background spacetimes. In the first part we investigate geodesic motions in the four-dimensional constant curvature spacetimes, i.e., Minkowski and (anti-)de Sitter universe, with an expanding impulsive gravitational wave. We derive the simple refraction formulae for particles crossing the impulse and describe the effect of nonvanishig cosmological constant. In the second part of this work we present a general method useful for geometrical and physical interpretation of arbitrary spacetimes in any dimension. It is based on the systematic analysis of the relative motion of free test particles. The equation of geodesic deviation is rewritten with respect to the natural orthonormal frame. We discuss the contributions given by a specific algebraic structure of the curvature tensor and the matter content of the universe. This formalism is subsequently used for investigation of the large class of nontwisting spacetimes. In particular, we analyse the motions in the nonexpanding Kundt and expanding Robinson--Trautman family of solutions.

V klasické fyzice m·že být ustavena statická rovnováha v soustavě, která obsahuje extrémně nabité zdroje gravitačního a elektromagnetického pole. Udivujícím faktem je, že tato situace m·že nastat i pro černé díry v relativis- tické fyzice. Tato práce vyšetřuje speciální případ nekonečně dlouhé, extrémně nabité struny, zkoumá geometrii prostoročasu, elektrogeodetiky, vlastnosti zdroje a srovnává řešení se situací v klasické fyzice. Dále se zabýváme analogickou situací v dynamickém prostoročase s kosmologickou konstantou, a řešení porovnáváme s jeho statickou verzí. Nakonec zkoumáme periodické řešení Laplaceovy rovnice, které odpovídá nekonečně mnoha extremálním bodovým zdroj·m rozloženým v pravidelném rozestupu podél přímky. Vyšetřujeme vlastnosti elektrostatického potenciálu a ukazujeme, že v limitě velké vzdálenosti od osy tvořené zdroji pře- chází toto řešení v nabitou strunu. 1

Orientador: Prof. Dr. André Gustavo Scagliusi Landulfo / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do ABC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física, 2017. / A descoberta do comportamento termodinâmico de buracos negros no contexto da teoria quântica de campos em espaços-tempos curvos deu origem a diversas questões, dentre elas onde estão e quais são os graus de liberdade associados a entropia dos mesmos. Nessa dissertação estudamos esse tópico propondo que, se não toda, alguma parte desta entropia é devida ao emaranhamento entre os graus de liberdade, internos e externos ao buraco, dos campos quânticos presentes no espaço-tempo. / The discovery of thermodynamic behavior of black holes in the context of quantum field theory in curved spacetimes has given rise to several issues, among them where and what are the degrees of freedom associated to their entropy. In this dissertation we study this topic proposing that, if not all, some of this entropy is due to the entanglement between degrees of freedom, internal and external to the hole, of quantum fields present in the spacetime.

Orientador: Prof. Dr. André Gustavo Scagliusi Landulfo / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do ABC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física, Santo André, 2018. / Nas últimas décadas, pesquisas na área de física de buracos negros mostraram que existe uma relação profunda entre buracos negros, termodinâmica e mecânica quântica. Em particular, buracos negros em um contexto semiclássico parecem possuir uma temperatura TH=k/2p e uma entropia Sbh =A/4, proporcionais à sua gravidade superficial k e à sua área A, respectivamente. Essa surpreendente conexão é reforçada ao analisarmos a validade da chamada Segunda Lei Generalizada da Termodiâmica (SLG), que afirma que a entropia da matéria fora do buraco negro somada à entropia do buraco negro nunca decresce com o tempo. Este trabalho investiga provas gerais da validade da Segunda Lei Generalizada, já que tem um papel central na interpretação de buracos negros como entidadestermodinâmicas. Emseguida, é analisado como podemos usar a SLG para extender um teorema clássico de singularidade para um contexto semiclássico. / In the past few decades, research in black hole physics have shown a deep relation between black holes, thermodynamics, and quantum mechanics. In particular, blackholes in a semiclassical context appear to have a temperatureTH =k/2p and an entropy Sbh = A/4 proportional to its surface gravity k and area A,respectively. This striking connection is strengthened when one analyses the validity of the so called Generalized Second Law of Thermodynamics (GSL), which states that the entropy of matter outside the black hole plus the black hole¿s entropy never decrease with time. This work investigate general proofsofthevalidityofGeneralizedSecondLaw,sinceitplaysacentralroleininterpreting black holes as thermodynamical entities. In addition, it is analyzed how the GSL can be used to extend a classical singularity theorem to a semiclassical context.

In the thesis, we set out to study a certain class of algebraically special spacetimes in arbitrary dimension. These are the so-called spacetimes of Weyl and traceless Ricci type N. Our work can be divided into two parts. In the first part, we study general geometrical properties of spacetimes under consideration. In particular, we are interested in various properties of aligned null directions - certain significant null directions associated with algebraic structure of the Weyl and the Ricci tensor. Since the obtained results are of geometric nature, they are theory-independent and thus hold in Einstein's gravity as well as in its various generalizations. In the second part of our work, we apply these general results in the Einstein-Maxwell p-form theory, within which spacetimes of traceless Ricci type N emerge naturally as a part of a solution of the Einstein-Maxwell equations with a null Maxwell field. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

In 1981, Unruh suggested the possibility of simulating the dynamics of quantum fields in curved spacetimes using sound-waves propagating in moving fluids: a supersonic flow would indeed influence the dynamics of sound similarly to what happens to light when it’s dragged by the spacetime geometry in strong gravity environments. This simple yet groundbreaking observation has lead to the beginning of a whole new field of research, nowadays known as Analog Gravity. Due to their superfluid character, intrinsic quantum nature and impressive experimental tunability, Bose-Einstein condensates represent one of the most promising platforms to realize analog spacetimes, including black-hole geometries with horizons and ergoregions, as well as of time-dependent configurations relevant to cosmology. In this Thesis we go beyond the standard single-component BEC and focus on two-component mixtures of atomic condensates, possibly in the presence of a coherent coupling between the two-components: the availability of various branches of elementary excitations with different sound speed and effective mass may in fact lead to advantages in the implementation of interesting geometries and, eventually, to the exploration of a broader spectrum of physical processes. We first consider black-hole related phenomena (Hawking radiation and rotational superradiance) that have already been analysed with single-component systems, generalising the results to mixtures; we then proceed to tackle a problem (the decay from the false vacuum) which instead requires the additional degrees of freedom that only a mixture displays.

Elaboramos um estudo detalhado de alguns aspectos d(e uma versão d)a correspondência AdS/CFT, conjeturada por Maldacena e Witten, entre teorias quânticas de campo num fundo gravitacional dado por um espaço-tempo assintoticamente anti-de Sitter (AAdS), e teorias quânticas de campos conformalmente covariantes no infinito conforme (no sentido de Penrose) deste espaço-tempo, aspectos estes: (a) independentes d(o par d)e modelos específicos em Teoria Quântica de Campos, e (b) suscetíveis a uma reformulação em moldes matematicamente rigorosos. Adotamos como ponto de partida o teorema demonstrado por Rehren no contexto da Física Quântica Local (também conhecida como Teoria Quântica de Campos Algébrica) em espaços-tempos anti-de Sitter (AdS), denominado holografia algébrica ou dualidade de Rehren. O corpo do presente trabalho consiste em estender o resultado de Rehren para uma classe razoavelmente geral de espaços-tempos AAdS d-dimensionais (d>3), escrutinar como as propriedades desta extensão são enfraquecidas e/ou modificadas em relação ao espaço-tempo AdS, e como efeitos gravitacionais não-triviais se manifestam na teoria quântica no infinito conforme. Dentre os resultados obtidos, citamos: condições razoavelmente gerais sobre geodésicas nulas no interior (cuja plausibilidade justificamos por meio de resultados de rigidez geométrica) não só garantem que a nossa generalização é geometricamente consistente com causalidade, como também permite uma reconstrução ``holográfica\'\' da topologia do interior na ausência de horizontes e singularidades; a implementação das simetrias conformes na fronteira, que associamos explicitamente a uma família de isometrias assintóticas do interior construída de maneira intrínseca, ocorre num caráter puramente assintótico e é atingida dinamicamente por um processo de retorno ao equilíbrio, mediante condições de contorno adequadas no infinito; efeitos gravitacionais podem eventualmente causar obstruções à reconstrução da teoria quântica no interior, ou por torná-la trivial em regiões suficientemente pequenas ou devido à existência de múltiplos vácuos inequivalentes, que por sua vez levam à existência de excitações solitônicas localizadas ao redor de paredes de domínio no interior, similares a D-branas. As demonstrações fazem uso extensivo de geometria Lorentziana global. A linguagem empregada para as teorias quânticas relevantes para nossa generalização da dualidade de Rehren segue a formulação funtorial de Brunetti, Fredenhagen e Verch para a Física Quântica Local, estendida posteriormente por Sommer para incorporar condições de contorno. / We elaborate a detailed study of certain aspects of (a version of) the AdS/CFT correspondence, conjectured by Maldacena and Witten, between quantum field theories in a gravitational background given by an asymptotically anti-de Sitter (AAdS) spacetime, and conformally covariant quantum field theories in the latter\'s conformal infinity (in the sense of Penrose), aspects such that: (a) are independent from (the pair of) specific models in Quantum Field Theory, and (b) susceptible to a recast in a mathematically rigorous mould. We adopt as a starting point the theorem demonstrated by Rehren in the context of Local Quantum Physics (also known as Algebraic Quantum Field Theory) in anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetimes, called algebraic holography or Rehren duality. The main body of the present work consists in extending Rehren\'s result to a reasonably general class of d-dimensional AAdS spacetimes (d>3), scrutinizing how the properties of such an extension are weakened and/or modified as compared to AdS spacetime, and probing how non-trivial gravitational effects manifest themselves in the conformal infinity\'s quantum theory. Among the obtained results, we quote: not only does the imposition of reasonably general conditions on bulk null geodesics (whose plausibility we justify through geometrical rigidity techniques) guarantee that our generalization is geometrically consistent with causality, but it also allows a ``holographic\'\' reconstruction of the bulk topology in the absence of horizons and singularities; the implementation of conformal symmetries in the boundary, which we explicitly associate to an intrinsically constructed family of bulk asymptotic isometries, have a purely asymptotic character and is dynamically attained through a process of return to equilibrium, given suitable boundary conditions at infinity; gravitational effects may cause obstructions to the reconstruction of the bulk quantum theory, either by making the latter trivial in sufficiently small regions or due to the existence of multiple inequivalent vacua, which on their turn lead to the existence of solitonic excitations localized around domain walls, similar to D-branes. The proofs make extensive use of global Lorentzian geometry. The language employed for the quantum theories relevant for our generalization of Rehren duality follows the functorial formulation of Local Quantum Physics due to Brunetti, Fredenhagen and Verch, extended afterwards by Sommer in order to incorporate boundary conditions. (An English translation of the full text can be found at arXiv:0712.0401)