We present a pseudo-Newtonian potential for accretion disk modeling around rotating black holes. This potential can describe the general relativistic effects in accretion disk properly. As the inclusion of rotation in a proper way is very important at the inner edge of the disk we derived our potential starting from the Kerr metric. This potential can reproduce all the essential properties of g...

The cylinder (of radius a) and the plates of the capacitor (in the planes y = ±b) can move independently and without friction in the x-direction, where the z-axis is that of the cylinder. That axis can be electrically charged with the opposite sign to that of the cylinder such that the cylinder as a whole has zero charge. The (linear, isotropic) medium between the capacitor plates, including th...

This work is devoted to the experimental study of the transition to turbulence of a flow confined in a narrow gap between a rotating and a stationary disk. The experimental device, presented in Figure 1, consists of a water-filled cylindrical casing in which the rotating disk is immersed. The top lid of the container plays the role of the stationary disk. The radius of the stainless steel disk ...

An experimental study of the turbulent near wake of a rotating circular cylinder was made at a Reynolds number of 2000 for velocity ratios, λ between 0 and 2.7. Particle image velocimetry data are analyzed to study the effects of rotation on the flow structures behind the cylinder. The results indicate that the rotation of the cylinder causes significant changes in the vortex formation. Kármán ...

We discuss gravitomagnetism in connection with rotating cylindrical systems. In particular, the gravitomagnetic clock effect is investigated for the exterior vacuum field of an infinite rotating cylinder. The dependence of the clock effect on the Weyl parameters of the stationary Lewis metric is determined. We illustrate our results by means of the van Stockum spacetime. PACS numbers: 04.20.Cv;...

Aims. To detect line effects using spectropolarimetry in order to find evidence of rotating disks and their respective symmetry axes in T Tauri stars. Methods. We used the IAGPOL imaging polarimeter along with the Eucalyptus-IFU to obtain spectropolarimetric measurements of the T Tauri stars RY Tau (two epochs) and PX Vul (one epoch). Evidence of line effects showing a loop on the Q−U diagram f...

We present kinematic measurements of the thick and thin disks in two edge-on galaxies. We have derived stellar rotation curves at and above the galaxies’ midplanes using Ca ii triplet features measured with the GMOS spectrograph on Gemini North. In one galaxy, FGC 1415, the kinematics above the plane show clear rotation that lags that of the midplane by ∼20-50%, similar to the behavior seen in ...

Following stepping in-place on the surface of a rotating circular treadmill, a subject attempting to step in-place or walk in a straight line across the floor without vision will rotate relative to space. This adaptation, termed podokinetic after-rotation (PKAR), transfers to backward walking following forward walking on the rotating disk. We asked whether adaptation obtained during stepping in...

Dynamic random-dot displays representing a rotating cylinder were used to investigate surface interpolation in the perception of structure-from-motion (SFM) in humans. Surface interpolation refers to a process in which a complete surface in depth is reconstructed from the object depth values extracted at the stimulus features. Surface interpolation will assign depth values even in parts of the ...