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Rayleigh-Taylor instability of a rotating plasma

Pitamber D. Ariel, P. K. Bhatia

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The effect of finiteness of the ion-Larmor radius on the Rayleigh-Taylor instability of a rotating plasma of variable density is studied in this paper. A semi-finite plasma in which density is assumed to be stratified one-dimensionally, in a direction transverse to that of the static uniform magnetic field, is considered. The inclusion of the finite-Larmor-radius (F.L.R.) effect is found to have a stabilizing influence on the unstable configuration.

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The effect of finiteness of the ion-Larmor radius on the Rayleigh-Taylor instability of a rotating plasma of variable density is studied in this paper. A semi-finite plasma in which density is assumed to be stratified one-dimensionally, in a direction transverse to that of the static uniform magnetic field, is considered. The inclusion of the finite-Larmor-radius (F.L.R.) effect is found to have a stabilizing influence on the unstable configuration.

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The effect of finiteness of the ion-Larmor radius on the Rayleigh-Taylor instability of a rotating plasma of variable density is studied in this paper. A semi-finite plasma in which density is assumed to be stratified one-dimensionally, in a direction transverse to that of the static uniform magnetic field, is considered. The inclusion of the finite-Larmor-radius (F.L.R.) effect is found to have a stabilizing influence on the unstable configuration.

Key concepts: Gyroradius, Rayleigh–Taylor instability, Instability, Physics, Plasma, RADIUS, Magnetic field, Transverse plane

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