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Streaming gravity mode instability

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In this paper, we study the stability of a current sheet with a sheared flow in a gravitational field which is perpendicular to the magnetic field and plasma flow. This mixing mode caused by a combined role of the sheared flow and gravity is named the streaming gravity mode instability. The conditions of this mode instability are discussed for an ideal four-layer model in the incompressible limit. (author). 5 refs

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11 p.
Report number
IC--89/103

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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
21004198
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; KINK INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA SHEET; SAUSAGE INSTABILITY
Descriptors DEC
FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INSTABILITY; MECHANICS; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES