Experiments on the magnetorotational instability in helical magnetic fields

Details Experiments on the magnetorotational instability in helical magnetic fields Experiments on the magnetorotational instability in helical magnetic fields

2007-01-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701030v1

NewJ.Phys.9:295,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages, 13 figures, submitted to New Journal of Physics

Scientific paper

10.1088/1367-2630/9/8/295

The magnetorotational instability (MRI) plays a key role in the formation of stars and black holes, by enabling outward angular momentum transport in accretion disks. The use of combined axial and azimuthal magnetic fields allows the investigation of this effect in liquid metal flows at moderate Reynolds and Hartmann numbers. A variety of experimental results is presented showing evidence for the occurrence of the MRI in a Taylor-Couette flow using the liquid metal alloy GaInSn.

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