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Effect of gyro-viscosity on Rayleigh-Taylor instability of a plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

N. K. Nayyar  and
S. K. Trehan
N. K. Nayyar
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
S. K. Trehan
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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Abstract

The effect of finite ion-Larmor radius is considered on the Rayleigh–Taylor instability of a plasma. The macroscopic equations of motion are used where the finite ion-Larmor radius effects are incorporated in the stress tensor. The finite ion-Larmor radius stabilization of the interchange mode is demonstrated. For disturbances propagating along the magnetic field, it is found that the inclusion of gyro-viscosity has a stabilizing effect; it increases the critical wavenumber (compared to its value in the absence of gyro-viscosity) beyond which all modes are unstable.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , September 1970 , pp. 563 - 571
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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