Simulation of the Magneto-Thermal Instability

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Nov 2004

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American Physical Society, 46th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, 15-19 November, 2004, Savannah, GA. MEETING I

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Recent work by Balbus has shown that there exists an instability in convectively stable atmospheres in the presence of anisotropic thermal conductivity.^1,2 An analogy can be made between this instability and the well-studied magneto-thermal instability.^3 We simulate this instability by using the Athena magnetohydrodynamics code with the addition of anisotropic heat conduction.^4 We compare the analytical expression for the linear behavior of this instability with the computational model. The computational results are extended to the non-linear regime to study its saturation. ^1. Balbus, S. Astrophysical Journal 534 (2000) 420-427. ^2. Balbus, S. Astrophysical Journal 562 (2001) 909-917. ^3. Balbus, S. and Hawley J. Rev. Mod. Phys. 70 (1998) 1. ^4. Gardiner, T. and Stone, J. J. Comp. Phys., Submitted.

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