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Kelvin-Helmholtz Instabilities in a Magnetised Compressible Plasma (Sheared Flow)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

T. P. Ray  and
A. I. Ershkovich
T. P. Ray
Affiliation:
Physics Dept., University College Dublin, Ireland
A. I. Ershkovich
Affiliation:
Dept. of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Abstract

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We have investigated Kelvin-Helmholtz (K-H) instabilities for a homogeneous compressible plasma containing a uniform magnetic field and a linear velocity shear. A derivation of the relevant K-H dispersion equation and details regarding method of solution are given elsewhere (submitted to Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc.). We present here an outline of our results.

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