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Rayleigh—Taylor problem for a Hall plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

R. J. Hosking
R. J. Hosking
Affiliation:
School of Physical Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, Australia
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Abstract

Recent calculations for hydromagnetic analogues of the classical Rayleigh– Taylor problem with Hall effect are compared. It is shown that an early calculation is the limiting situation of the work of Taiwar & Kaira, which confirms that the Hall effect introduces new instabilities.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , December 1968, pp. 613 - 616
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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