On the MHD boundary of Kelvin-Helmholtz stability diagram at large wavelengths
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On the MHD Boundary of Kelvin-Helmholtz Stability Diagram at Large Wavelengths
Working within the domain of inviscid incompressible MHD theory, we found that a tangential discontinuity (TD) separating two uniform regions of different density, velocity and magnetic field may be Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) stable and yet a study of a transition between the same constant regions given by a continuous velocity profile shows the presence of the instability with significant growth ra...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Physics
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0103-9733
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-97332004000800053