Magnetic buoyancy and the Boussinesq approximation |
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| Authors: | E A Spiegel N O Weiss |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Astronomy , Columbia University , New York, U.S.A.;2. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics , University of Cambridge , Cambridge, U.K. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The full Boussinesq equations for hydromagnetic convection are derived and shown to include the effects of magnetic buoyancy. Instabilities caused by magnetic buoyancy are analyzed and their roles in double convection are brought out. |
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