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Centrifugal acceleration surprises

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A gedanken experiment of bead motion along a rotating pipe with relativistic velocities is discussed. It is shown that when v 0>c/√2,the centrifugal acceleration changes its sign and braking has begun. It is pointed out that in investigating pulsar magnetospheres, we must take into account the effect of rotating relativistic stream braking.

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  1. Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Tbilisi State University, Republic of Georgia

    G. Z. Machabeli, I. S. Nanobashvili & A. D. Rogava

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  1. G. Z. Machabeli
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Published from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 39–45, January, 1996.

G.Z. Machabeli's research was supported, in part, by INTAS No 1010 ct 930015.

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Machabeli, G.Z., Nanobashvili, I.S. & Rogava, A.D. Centrifugal acceleration surprises. Radiophys Quantum Electron 39, 26–30 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02121461

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