Plasma-magnetospheric interaction in X-ray sources - an analysis of the linear Kelvin-Helmholtz instability

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Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, Neutron Stars, Plasma Interactions, Stellar Magnetic Fields, Stellar Magnetospheres, X Ray Sources, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Plasma Turbulence, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Mass Accretion, Stellar Models

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The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability is analyzed for the case of a magnetized plasma streaming over a vacuum magnetic field with arbitrary orientation in the plane parallel to the interface. It is shown that the presence of even a very weak magnetic field within the plasma may suppress the instability, suggesting that turbulent mixing of plasma into the magnetosphere around an accreting X-ray source is probably not initiated solely through the growth of Kelvin-Helmholtz modes.

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