Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: LUANA APARECIDA DE BARROS

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : LUANA APARECIDA DE BARROS
DATE: 16/06/2021
TIME: 08:00
LOCAL: REMOTO
TITLE:

SEARCH FOR SUBDIFUSIVE PROCESSES IN CONFINED ANIMALS

KEY WORDS:

diffusion, subdiffusion, termite, labyrinth

PAGES: 43
BIG AREA: Ciências Exatas e da Terra
AREA: Física
SUBÁREA: Física da Matéria Condensada
SUMMARY:

This master's thesis is to search for sub-diffusion in worker termites of the genus Cornitermes Cumulans, also known as termite of the pasto. The experiments are done on plates 10 cm in diameter and 1 cm high and were based on single-particle tracking. Termite movement was captured by a camera, initially for a period of 30 minutes. Data were collected by a program developed by professor Sidiney Geraldo Alves in Python language and using Fortran as a tool, algorithms were developed to analyze the series. The first tests were carried out in Petri dishes without traps or geometric restrictions, it was observed that through the results, an exponent was found that matches with anomalous diffusion, but of the superdiffusive type. The tests being done now are in 3D printing mazes, which are also 10 cm in diameter and 1 cm in height. While we await the release of the UFSJ Biological Physics Laboratory to carry out more rigorous experiments, with more care, the experiments are being carried out at my house.

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