Rayleigh-Taylor instability in quantum magnetized viscous plasma

Journal Article · Thu Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Plasma Physics Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X11080046· OSTI ID:22047503

Hoshoudy, G. A., E-mail: [e-mail] ^[1]

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1. South Valley University, Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Science (Egypt)

Quantum effects on Rayleigh-Taylor instability of stratified viscous plasmas layer under the influence of vertical magnetic field are investigated. By linearly solving the viscous QMHD equations into normal mode, a forth-order ordinary differential equation is obtained to describe the velocity perturbation. Then the growth rate is derived for the case where a plasma with exponential density distribution is confined between two rigid planes. The results show that, the presence of vertical magnetic field beside the quantum effect will bring about more stability on the growth rate of unstable configuration for viscous plasma, which is greater than that of inviscous plasma.

• OSTI ID: 22047503
• Journal Information: Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 37, Issue 9; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2011 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-780X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
DISTURBANCES
LAYERS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
PLASMA DENSITY
QUANTUM PLASMA
RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY
STABILITY
VELOCITY