Surface-Wave Instabilities in a Plasma Rotating with Step-like Frequency Profile



Título del documento: Surface-Wave Instabilities in a Plasma Rotating with Step-like Frequency Profile
Revista: Brazilian journal of physics
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000403372
ISSN: 0103-9733
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Institute of Nuclear Fusion, Moscú. Rusia
2Ministerio da Ciencia e Tecnologia, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
3Ilia State University, Kharadze Abastumani National Astrophysical Observatory, Tiflis. Georgia
4Samara State Technical University, Syzran, Samara. Rusia
5M. Nodia Institute of Geophysics, Tiflis. Georgia
Año:
Periodo: Mar
Volumen: 39
Número: 1
Paginación: 74-85
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico
Resumen en inglés An approach for the theory of nonlocal magnetorotational and convective instabilities in a rotating plasma is developed, on the basis of the surface wave concept, which allows the derivation of useful analytical results.It is assumed that the rotation frequency has a step-like profile, so that a narrow transition layer separates two regions with different rotation frequencies. The one-fluid magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model for description of the perturbed plasma dynamics is used. It is shown that in the case of magnetized plasma the main properties of the nonlocal (surface-wave) instabilities are similar to those of the local ones
Disciplinas: Física y astronomía
Palabras clave: Dinámica de fluidos,
Teoría cinética y plasmas,
Inestabilidad magnetorotacional
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Fluid dynamics,
Kinetic theory and plasma,
Magnetorotational instability
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