We analyze axisymmetric deformations of a rotating disk with its thickness, mass density, thermal expansion coefficient and shear modulus varying in the radial direction. The disk is made of a rubberlike material that is modeled as isotropic, linear thermoelastic and incompressible. We note that the hydrostatic pressure in the constitutive relation of the material is to be determined as a part ...

We have obtained high signal-to-noise spectra along the major axes of 28 S0 galaxies in order to search for the presence of disk stars on retrograde orbits. Full line-of-sight velocity distributions were extracted from the data, and the velocity distributions were modelled as arising from the superposition of populations of stars on prograde and retrograde orbits. We find no new cases in which ...

Using two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations, we followed the evolution of a dynamically-collapsing, rotating disk permeated by vertical magnetic eld. As a model of a disk, the similarity solution for isothermal, rotating, and magnetized disks are adopted. The disk deforms into a bar during its contraction. In the early stage, the deformation of the disk grows in proportion to (t 0 t) 0:6 ,...

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...

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 ...

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...