Shear flow instability of rotating hydromagnetic fluids |
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| Authors: | M Nagata |
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| Institution: | School of Mathematics, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne , NE1 7RU, U.K. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The effect of an axial magnetic field on the linear stability of shear flows in rotating systems is examined by extending Busse's analysis of the nonmagnetic case to fluids of high magnetic diffusivity in the presence of a magnetic field. The shear is caused by differential rotation which creates slight deviations from a state of rigid rotation, corresponding to a small Rossby number. It is found that the Rossby number for the onset of instability is larger when a magnetic field is present than when it is absent. |
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| Keywords: | Antarctic Coriolis parameter Rossby number |
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