Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: Transport of angular momentum is one of the thrust areas of astrophysical flows. Instabilities and hence the turbulence generated by it have been invoked to understand its role in angular momentum transport in hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic regime. Investigation of an unexplored region described by the parameter space Ω2e < 0, Ωe being the epicyclic frequency, resulted in a powerful magnetohydrodynamic instability. The growth rate of this instability is rather large and is found to depend on the wavenumber.
Author: Mradul Sharma
Institution: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2124913798