2008/09/18 by Mradul Sharma
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #astro-ph #physics.flu-dyn
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13977.x
4 pages. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
arxiv created 2008/09/18 · openalex publication_date 2008/11/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
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.