Flow-curvature effect on linear Rayleigh-Taylor instability in magnetized plasmas

Authors
Chakrabarti, N
Citation
N. Chakrabarti, Flow-curvature effect on linear Rayleigh-Taylor instability in magnetized plasmas, PHYS PLASMA, 6(5), 1999, pp. 1667-1669
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS OF PLASMAS
ISSN journal
1070664X → ACNP
Volume
6
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Part
1
Pages
1667 - 1669
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-664X(199905)6:5<1667:FEOLRI>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The effect of sheared poloidal flow on the linear Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) inst ability of magnetized plasma is reexamined. In the weak curvature flow limi t (V-perpendicular to 0" much less than 1) the linear RT mode stabilization effect is recovered. In the strong flow curvature limit (V-perpendicular t o 0" much greater than 1) it is shown that the RT mode may not stabilize. ( C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S1070-664X(99)00905-2].