We present measurement and analysis techniques that allow the complex magneto-conductivity tensor to be determined from measurements of the complex Faraday (θF) and Kerr (θK) angles. θF and θK are measured in a Ga1−xMnxAs and SrRuO3 films. Thick film transmission and reflection equations are used to convert the complex θF and θK into the complex longitudinal conductivity σxx and the complex tra...

We discuss the physical interpretation of stress-energy tensors that source static spherically symmetric Kerr-Schild metrics. We find that the sources of such metrics with no curvature singularities or horizons do not simultaneously satisfy the weak and strong energy conditions. Sensible stress-energy tensors usually satisfy both of them. Under most circumstances, these sources are not perfect ...

The equation of cosmic string loops in Kerr-de Sitter spacetimes is derived. Having solved the equation numerically, we find that the loops can expand and exist except for too small ones.

A G Nicholson, B J Addis, H Bharucha, C A Clelland, B Corrin, A R Gibbs, P S Hasleton, K M Kerr, N B N Ibrahim, S Stewart, W A H Wallace, A U Wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Using thermal quantization of geodesics confined under horizons and reasonable conjecture on massless modes, we evaluate quantum spectrum of Kerr black hole masses compatible with superstring symmetries.

We have obtained the correct expression for the centrifugal force acting on a particle at the equatorial circumference of a rotating body in the locally non-rotating frame of the Kerr geometry. Using this expression for the equilibrium of an element on the surface of a slowly rotating Maclaurin spheroid, we obtain the expression for the ellipticity (as discussed earlier by Abramowicz and Miller...

In the Randall-Sundrum two-brane model (RS1), a Kerr black hole on the brane can be naturally identified with a section of rotating black string. To estimate KaluzaKlein (KK) corrections on gravitational waves emitted by perturbed rotating black strings, we give the effective Teukolsky equation on the brane which is separable equation and hence numerically manageable. In this process, we derive...

The existence of supermassive collapsed objects in the cores of most galaxies poses still-unanswered questions. First, how did they form, and how does their mass depend on the properties of the host galaxy? Second, can observations probe the metric in the strong-field domain, testing whether it indeed agrees with the Kerr geometry predicted by general relativity (and, if so, what the spin is)?

As oil and gas exploration moves into deeper offshore areas, Shallow Water Flow (SWF) from overpressured, unconsolidated/uncemented sands becomes a high profile drilling hazard. Laboratory measurements show that SWF sands have high seismic compressional to shear velocity (Vp/Vs) ratios. Thus, elastic seismic inversion for Vp/Vs provides a quantitative identification of SWF sands, and predrill p...