Viscosity gradient-driven instability of 'shear mode' in a strongly coupled plasma

Details Viscosity gradient-driven instability of 'shear mode' in a strongly coupled plasma Viscosity gradient-driven instability of 'shear mode' in a strongly coupled plasma

Dec 2010

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New Journal of Physics, Volume 12, Issue 12, pp. 123031 (2010).

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The influence of the viscosity gradient (due to shear flow) on low-frequency collective modes in a strongly coupled dusty plasma is analyzed. It is shown that for a well-known viscoelastic plasma model, the velocity shear-dependent viscosity leads to instability of the shear mode. The inhomogeneous viscous force and velocity shear coupling supply the free energy for the instability. The combined strength of the shear flow and viscosity gradient dominates over any stabilizing force and makes the shear mode unstable. The implications of this novel instability and its applications are briefly described.

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