Pressure-driven Instabilities in Cylindrical Geometry: A New General Criterion

Details Pressure-driven Instabilities in Cylindrical Geometry: A New General Criterion Pressure-driven Instabilities in Cylindrical Geometry: A New General Criterion

2003-05-13

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0305053v2

Phys.Lett. A320 (2003) 215-225

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

4 pages. Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

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A new criterion for pressure-driven interchange instabilities in cylindrical geometry is derived, based on an alternate use of the Energy Principle. This criterion is inequivalent to Suydam's criterion and does not contain the magnetic shear. In fact, it is shown that Suydam's criterion relates to the instability of the slow magnetosonic branch, while the present criterion relates to the Alfv\'enic one, which is the most dangerous of the two. These findings explain why pressure-driven modes nearly always exist even if Suydam's criterion is satisfied by a large margin.

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