Search for jet extinction in the inclusive jet-pT spectrum from proton-proton collisions at s=8 TeV

Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published articles title, journal citation, and DOI.The first search at the LHC for the extinction of QCD jet production is presented, using data collected with the CMS detector corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 10.7  fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The extinction model studied in this analysis is motivated by the search for signatures of strong gravity at the TeV scale (terascale gravity) and assumes the existence of string couplings in the strong-coupling limit. In this limit, the string model predicts the suppression of all high-transverse-momentum standard model processes, including jet production, beyond a certain energy scale. To test this prediction, the measured transverse-momentum spectrum is compared to the theoretical prediction of the standard model. No significant deficit of events is found at high transverse momentum. A 95% confidence level lower limit of 3.3 TeV is set on the extinction mass scale

Escória de siderurgia e seus efeitos nos teores de nutrientes e metais pesados em cana-de-açúcar

Tipos de escórias se acumulam nos pátios das indústrias, tornando-se um problema ambiental, cuja disposição final em campos agrícolas é uma prática que pode minimizar a acumulação desses resíduos e, ao mesmo tempo, fornecer nutrientes às plantas e corrigir a acidez dos solos; apesar disto, há necessidade de se avaliar que riscos esses resíduos podem gerar ao ambiente. Objetivou-se, com este trabalho, avaliar a disposição final da escória de aciaria de forno elétrico e o fornecimento de silício, macronutrientes (Ca, Mg e P), micronutrientes (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni) e elementos tóxicos (Cd e Pb) para a cana-de-açúcar. O experimento foi realizado em solo classificado como Argissolo Vermelho-Amarelo. Doses de escória de 0; 0,5; 1,0; 2,0 e 4,0 t ha-1 foram aplicadas no sulco de plantio no qual foi semeada; posteriormente, a cana-de-açúcar (var. RB92579). A escória de aciaria aumentou significativamente os teores de Ca, Mg, P, Si, Fe, Mn e Zn no solo e reduziu a acidez potencial. Houve aumento na área foliar e na altura dos colmos, tanto quanto no teor de Zn nas folhas. Não foi detectada a presença de Ni, Cd e Pb no solo nem na planta, indicando que a utilização de escória de aciaria não causou contaminação com esses elementos.Several types of slags accumulate in industry and become an environmental problem. Its final disposal as fertilizer in agriculture is a practice that can supply plant nutrients and to correct soil acidity while minimizing the environmental impact. However, there is the need for evaluating the risks of slag addition contaminate soils with heavy metals. This study was carried out to determine the effects of the final disposal of a basic slag on the supply of silicon, macronutrients (Ca, Mg and P), micronutrients (Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn and Ni) and heavy metals (Cd and Pb) to sugarcane plants grown on an Ultisol. The basic slag doses (0; 0.5; 1.0; 2.0, and 4.0 t ha-1) were applied to the sugarcane at the planting (cultivar RB92579). The results showed that the basic slag increased the concentrations of Ca, Mg, P, Si, Fe, Mn and Zn in soil and reduced the potential acidity. There was an increase in the leaf area and stem height as well as in the Zn concentration in the leaves. Ni, Cd, and Pb were not detected neither in the soil nor in the plant. This indicates that the basic slag tested presented no soil contamination with these heavy metals