Rayleigh-Taylor instability of magnetized partially-ionized superposed fluids with rotation and surface tension in porous medium

The Rayleigh-Taylor instability of the plane interface separating the two partially-ionized superposed fluids through porous medium is analysed. The effect of variable horizontal magnetic field, surface tension and rotation along the vertical axis are also incorporated. The relevant linearized perturbation equations are taken and using normal mode analysis the general relation is obtained from which the dispersion relation for two superposed fluids of different densities is derived. It is found that the surface tension and horizontal magnetic field have the stabilizing effect on the R-T-instability. The condition of instability remains unaffected by the permeability of porous medium, presence of neutral particles in the fluids and rotation.It is concluded that the system is unstable only for those positive wave numbers which are less than certain critical value in case of an adverse density gradient.     

Self-gravitational instability of rotating viscous Hall plasma with arbitrary radiative heat-loss functions and electron inertia

The effects of arbitrary radiative heat-loss functions and Hall current on the self-gravitational instability of a homogeneous, viscous, rotating plasma has been investigated incorporating the effects of finite electrical resistivity, finite electron inertia and thermal conductivity. A general dispersion relation is obtained using the normal mode analysis with the help of relevant linearized perturbation equations of the problem, and a modified Jeans criterion of instability is obtained. The conditions of modified Jeans instabilities and stabilities are discussed in the different cases of our interest. We find that the presence of arbitrary radiative heat-loss functions and thermal conductivity modifies the fundamental Jeans criterion of gravitational instability into a radiative instability criterion. The Hall parameter affects only the longitudinal mode of propagation and it has no effect on the transverse mode of propagation. For longitudinal propagation, it is found that the condition of radiative instability is independent of the magnetic field, Hall parameter, finite electron inertia, finite electrical resistivity, viscosity and rotation; but for the transverse mode of propagation it depends on the finite electrical resistivity, the strength of the magnetic field, and it is independent of rotation, electron inertia and viscosity. From the curves we find that the presence of thermal conductivity, finite electrical resistivity and density-dependent heat-loss function has a destabilizing influence, while viscosity and magnetic field have a stabilizing effect on the growth rate of an instability. The effect of arbitrary heat-loss functions is also studied on the growth rate of a radiative instability.     

Gravitational instability of a thermally-conducting plasma flowing through a porous medium in the presence of suspended particles

Magnetogravitational instability of a thermally-conducting, rotating plasma flowing through a porous medium with finite conductivity and finite Larmor radius in the presence of suspended particles has been investigated. The wave propagation has been considered for both parallel and perpendicular axes of rotation. Magnetic field is being taken in the vertical direction. A general dispersion relation has been derived through relevant linearized perturbation equations. It has been observed that the condition of instability is determined by the Jeans's criterion in its modifed form. Thermal conductivity replaces the adiabatic velocity of sound by the isothermal one. Rotation decreases the Larmor radius. Porosity decreases the Alfvén velocity. In case of a viscous medium the effects of FLR, rotation, and suspended particles are not observed in the Jeans's condition, for transverse propagation for rotational axis parallel to the magnetic field. The effects of rotation and FLR are decreased by the porosity and the suspended particles. Finite conductivity removes the Alfvén velocity from Jeans's condition.     

The rayleigh-taylor instability of a stratified rotating fluid through a porous medium in a two-dimensional magnetic field

The effect of finite conductivity on the Rayleigh-Taylor instability of an incompressible, viscous rotating fluid through a porous medium has been studied in the presence of a two-dimensional horizontal magnetic field. It has been shown that the solution is characterized by a variational principle. By making use of the existence of the variational principle, proper solutions have been obtained for a semi-infinite fluid in which density has a one-dimensional (exponential) vertical stratification. The dispersion relation has been derived and solved numerically. It is found that finite resistivity and porosity have a destabilizing effect on the Rayleigh-Taylor instability while rotation has a stabilizing effect.     

Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of two viscous superposed rotating and conducting fluids

Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of the interface separating two viscous rotating-conducting fluids has been studied in the presence of finite ion-Larmor radius (FLR) effects. Emloying the normal mode technique, the solutions have been obtained when the fluids are assumed to be permeated by a uniform horizontal magnetic field. For the case of two highly viscous fluids, the dispersion relation has been derived and solved numerically. It is found that the streaming velocity has a stabilizing influence on the potentially unstable arrangement of the fluids. The viscosity and FLR effects are also found to have a stabilizing influence while the Coriolis forces have a destabilizing influence on the system.     

Magnetogravitational instability of an infinite homogeneous rotating plasma through a porous medium with finite electrical and thermal conductivities

The gravitational instability of an infinite homogenous rotating plasma through a porous medium in the presence of a uniform magnetic field with finite electrical and thermal conductivities has been studied. With the help of relevant linearized perturbation equations of the problem, a general dispersion relation is obtained, which is further reduced for the special cases of rotation, parallel and perpendicular to the megnetic field acting in the vertical direction. Longitudinal and transverse modes of propagation are discussed separately. It is found that the joint effect of various parameters is simply to modify the Jeans's condition of instability. The effect of finite electrical conductivity is to remove the effect of magnetic field where as the effect of thermal conductivity is to replace the adiabatic velocity of sound by the isothermal one. Rotation has its effect only along the magnetic field in the transverse mode of propagation for an inviscid plasma, thereby stabilizing the system. Porosity reduces the effect of both, the magnetic field and the rotation, in the transverse mode of propagation in both the cases of rotation. The effect of viscosity is to remove the rotational effects parallel to the magnetic field in the transverse mode of propagation.     

Effect of rotation and finite Larmor radius on magneto-gravitational instability of Hall plasma in the presence of suspended particles

The effect of rotation on the self-gravitational instability of an infinite homogeneous magnetized Hall plasma is considered with the inclusion of finite Larmor radius corrections and the effect of suspended particles. A general dispersion relation is obtained from the linearized set of equations. The particular cases of the effect of rotation along and perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field are considered. The effects of Hall current, finite Larmor radius, and suspended particles on the waves propagated parallel and perpendicular to the uniform magnetic field are investigated along with the uniform rotation of the medium. It is found that in the presence of suspended particles, magnetic field, Hall current, rotation and finite Larmor radius, the Jeans criterion determines the condition of gravitational instability of a gas-particle medium.     

The gravitational instability of flow through porous medium for some systems of astrophysical interest

The gravitational instability of flow through porous medium for some hydrodynamical and hydromagnetical systems of astrophysical interest is investigated. The effects of rotation, magnetic field, viscosity and finite electrical conductivity are studied for the gravitational instability through porous medium. The effect of suspended particles on the instability is also considered. It is found that Jean's criterion remains unchanged in the presence of porosity, viscosity, finite conductivity, rotation, magnetic field and suspended particles in the medium.     

Effect of rotation on magnetogravitational instability of finite conducting gas in presence of suspended particles

The effect of rotation on the self-gravitational instability of an infinite homogeneous magnetised gas-particle medium in the presence of suspended particles is investigated. The conductivity of the medium is assumed to be finite. The equations of the problem are linearized and the general dispersion relation is obtained. The rotation is assumed along two different directions separately and separate dispersion relation for each case is obtained. The dispersion relation for propagation parallel and perpendicular to the uniform magnetic field along with rotation is derived. It is found that in presence of suspended particles, magnetic field, finite conductivity, rotation and viscosity, Jeans's criterion determines the condition of gravitational instability of gas-particle medium.     

The gravitational instability of a rotating plasma in the presence of finite Larmor radius,Hall currents and suspended particles

The gravitational instability of an infinite homogeneous self-gravitating and finitely conducting, rotating gas-particle medium, in the presence of finite Larmor radius, Hall currents and suspended particles effects is considered. The particular cases of the effects of rotation, finite conductivity, finite Larmor radius, Hall currents, and suspended particles on the waves propagated along and perpendicular to magnetic field have been discussed. It is found that Jeans's criterion remains unchanged in the presence of rotation, finite conductivity, finite Larmor radius, Hall currents, and suspended particles.     

Shock wave propagation in non-ideal fluids

Expressions for the variation of shock strength and its propagation in non-ideal fluids are presented by using the method developed by Whitham. The effects of the presence of rotation, rotation and magnetic field on the strength and propagation velocity of shock waves have been discussed separately. Finally, the effects of the presence of gravitation on the shock strength and on propagation velocity have been studied.     

On the Jeans Criterion of a Stratified Heat Conducting Gaseous Medium in the Presence of Non-uniform Rotation and Magnetic Field

The problem of self-gravitational instability of an infinite, homogeneous stratified gaseous medium with finite thermal conductivity and infinite electrical conductivity, in the presence of non-uniform rotation and magnetic field in the Chandrasekhar’s frame of reference, is studied. It is found that the magnetic field, whether uniform or non-uniform, has no effect on the Jeans’ criterion for gravitational instability and remains essentially unaffected. However, the thermal conductivity has the usual stabilizing effect on the criterion that the adiabatic sound velocity occurring in the Jeans criterion is replaced by the isothermal sound velocity. Thus, the present analysis extends the results of Chandrasekhar for the case of heat conducting medium and for non-uniform rotation and magnetic field.     

Kelvin-Helmholtz discontinuity in two superposed viscous conducting fluids

The Kelvin-Helmholtz discontinuity in two superposed viscous conducting fluids has been investigated in the presence of a two-dimensional horizontal uniform magnetic field. The streaming motion is also assumed to be two-dimensional. The stability analysis has been carried out for two highly viscous fluids of uniform densities. It is found that the streaming motion has dual influence on the unstable system, destabilizing for low values of streaming velocity and stabilizing for high values of streaming velocity. The effect of viscosity is, however, found to be stabilizing as the growth rate of the unstable configuration decreases on increasing the viscosity.     

Suspended particles and the gravitational instability of a rotating plasma

The gravitational instability of an infinite homogeneous self-gravitating and finitely conducting, rotating gas-particle medium, in the presence of a uniform vertical magnetic field, is studied to include finite Larmor radius and suspended particles effects. The particular cases of the effects of rotation, finite conductivity, finite Larmor radius and suspended particles on the waves propagated along and perpendicular to magnetic field have been discussed. Jeans's criterion determines the gravitational instability.     

Effect of thermal conductivity on the gravitational instability of a magnetized rotating plasma through a porous medium in the presence of suspended particles

The self-gravitational instability of an ionized, thermally-conducting, magnetized, rotating plasma flow through a porous medium has been studied in the presence of suspended particles. The ionized gas-particle medium has been considered rotating along and perpendicular to the vertical magnetic field. Propagation of the plasma waves has been studied for the longitudinal and the transverse modes for both the cases of rotation. A general dispersion relation has been derived with the help of relevant perturbation equations, using the method of normal mode analysis. The Jeans criterion determines the condition of gravitational instability in all the cases with some modifications introduced by the various parameters considered. Thermal conductivity replaces the adiabatic sonic speed by the isothermal one. Considering the longitudinal mode of propagation with perpendicular rotational axis, for an inviscid plasma with adiabatic behaviour the effect of both, the rotation and the suspended particles has been removed by the magnetic field. For the transverse mode of propagation with the axis of rotation parallel to the magnetic field, the viscosity removes the effect of both, the rotation and the suspended particles. Porosity reduces the effect of both, the rotation and the magnetic field, whereas the concentration of the suspended particles reduces the rotational effect.     

Effect of magnetic resistivity on the stability of a partially ionized compressible Hall plasma

The dynamic stability of a partially ionized, compressible Hall plasma of finite electrical conductivity has been investigated when the plasma is immersed in a uniform, horizontal magnetic field. Based on the variational principle, which is shown to characterize the problem, the solution has been obtained for a semi-infinite plasma confined between two planes and having an exponential density stratification along the vertical. It is found that the effect of neutral gas friction is stabilizing while magnetic resistivity, Hall currents and compressibility all have destabilizing influence.On leave of absence from Department of Mathematics, University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India.     

On the propagation of hydromagnetic waves in a plasma of thermal and suprathermal components

The propagation of MHD waves is studied when two ideal fluids, thermal and suprathermal gases, coupled by magnetic field are moving with the steady flow velocity. The fluids move independently in a direction perpendicular to the magnetic field but gets coupled along the field. Due to the presence of flow in suprathermal and thermal fluids there appears forward and backward waves. All the forward and backward modes propagate in such a way that their rate of change of phase speed with the thermal Mach number is same. It is also found that besides the usual hydromagnetic modes there appears a suprathermal mode which propagates with faster speed. Surface waves are also examined on an interface formed with composite plasma (suprathermal and thermal gases) on one side and the other is a non-magnetized plasma. In this case, the modes obtained are two or three depending on whether the sound velocity in thermal gas is equal to or greater than the sound velocity in suprathermal gas. The results lead to the conclusion that the interaction of thermal and suprathermal components may lead to the occurrence of an additional mode called suprathermal mode whose phase velocity is higher than all the other modes.     

Neutral hydrogen in the Galaxy and the galactic shocks

The effect of the differential rotation on the statistical behaviour of a dynamical system has been studied in the presence of a scalar field. The existence of neutrally stable regimes in a disk-like system has been shown which formally correspond to the Landau levels of a charged particle whose motion is quantized in a magnetic field. The existence also of the so-called anomalous Doppler effect has been pointed out, and a modified form is given to include the differential rotation. Finally, quantitative results are given concerning the instability of the system.     

Nonlinear Kelvin-Helmholtz magnetohydrodynamic instability of a rotating plasma

Nonlinear analysis for Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of an incompressible, inviscid, rotating fluid with infinite conductivity in the presence of gravity and surface tension has been discussed. The unperturbed magnetic field on two sides of the interface is taken to be uniform. The nonlinear Schrödinger equation for the time variation of amplitude of small perturbations with wave number around the neutral stability is derived. It is found that stability of a magnetised K-H rotating configuration depends on the density ratio, surface tension, and discontinuity of velocity and magnetic field. The effect of an aligned magnetic field and rotation on the non-linear instability of a rotating conducting plasma has been discussed in certain important limiting cases.