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Optics of Nonuniformly Moving Media
A moving dielectric appears to light as an effective gravitational field. At
low flow velocities the dielectric acts on light in the same way as a magnetic
field acts on a charged matter wave. We develop in detail the geometrical
optics of moving dispersionless media. We derive a Hamiltonian and a Lagrangian
to describe ray propagation. We elucidate how the gravitational and the
magnetic model of light propagation are related to each other. Finally, we
study light propagation around a vortex flow. The vortex shows an optical
Aharonov--Bohm effect at large distances from the core, and, at shorter ranges,
the vortex may resemble an optical black hole.Comment: Physical Review A (submitted
SNW1 Is a Critical Regulator of Spatial BMP Activity, Neural Plate Border Formation, and Neural Crest Specification in Vertebrate Embryos
In frog and fish embryos, SNW1 is a protein required for the spatio-temporal activity of BMP signaling necessary for neural plate border formation and specification of neural crest tissue