Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of composite plasma in an oblique magnetic field with resistivity

Details Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of composite plasma in an oblique magnetic field with resistivity Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of composite plasma in an oblique magnetic field with resistivity

Nov 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990ap%26ss.173..109c&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X), vol. 173, no. 1, Nov. 1990, p. 109-125.

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Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetoplasmadynamics, Plasmas (Physics), Boundary Conditions, Mathematical Models, Neutral Particles

Scientific paper

The hydromagnetic Kelvin-Helmholtz instability is investigated theoretically, with a focus on the case where a finitely conducting and a nonconducting fluid are superimposed and in relative motion, with neutral particles providing a density discontinuity. Both horizontal and vertical magnetic fields are considered, and the derivation of the governing equations is given in detail. It is found that the growth rate varies with the cube root of the finite resistivity in all cases, since the neutral particles affect only the proportionality constant.

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