The Rayleigh-Taylor instability in quantum magnetized plasma with para- and ferromagnetic properties
- Department of Physics, Umeaa University, 901 87 Umeaa (Sweden)
We investigate influence of magnetic field on the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in quantum plasmas with para- and ferromagnetic properties. Magnetization of quantum plasma happens due to the collective electron spin behavior at low temperature and high plasma density. In the classical case, without magnetization, magnetic field tends to stabilize plasma perturbations with wave numbers parallel to the field and with sufficiently short wavelengths. Paramagnetic effects in quantum plasma make this stabilization weaker. The stabilization disappears completely for short wavelength perturbations in the ferromagnetic limit, when the magnetic field is produced by intrinsic plasma magnetization only. Still, for perturbations of long and moderate wavelength, certain stabilization always takes place due to the nonlinear character of quantum plasma magnetization.
- OSTI ID:
- 21274161
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 16; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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