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Self-gravitational instability of dense degenerate viscous anisotropic plasma with rotation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2017

Prerana Sharma*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Ujjain Engineering College, Ujjain, M. P. - 456010, India
Archana Patidar
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Ujjain Engineering College, Ujjain, M. P. - 456010, India
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†Email address for correspondence: preranaiitd@rediffmail.com
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Abstract

The influence of finite Larmor radius correction, tensor viscosity and uniform rotation on self-gravitational and firehose instabilities is discussed in the framework of the quantum magnetohydrodynamic and Chew–Goldberger–Low (CGL) fluid models. The general dispersion relation is obtained for transverse and longitudinal modes of propagation. In both the modes of propagation the dispersion relation is further analysed with respect to the direction of the rotational axis. In the analytical discussion the axis of rotation is considered in parallel and in the perpendicular direction to the magnetic field. (i) In the transverse mode of propagation, when rotation is parallel to the direction of the magnetic field, the Jeans instability criterion is affected by the rotation, finite Larmor radius (FLR) and quantum parameter but remains unaffected due to the presence of tensor viscosity. The calculated critical Jeans masses for rotating and non-rotating dense degenerate plasma systems are $3.5M_{\odot }$ and $2.1M_{\odot }$ respectively. It is clear that the presence of rotation enhances the threshold mass of the considered system. (ii) In the case of longitudinal mode of propagation when rotation is parallel to the direction of the magnetic field, Alfvén and viscous self-gravitating modes are obtained. The Alfvén mode is modified by FLR corrections and rotation. The analytical as well as graphical results show that the presence of FLR and rotation play significant roles in stabilizing the growth rate of the firehose instability by suppressing the parallel anisotropic pressure. The viscous self-gravitating mode is significantly affected by tensor viscosity, anisotropic pressure and the quantum parameter while it remains free from rotation and FLR corrections. When the direction of rotation is perpendicular to the magnetic field, the rotation of the considered system coupled the Alfvén and viscous self-gravitating modes to each other. The finding of the present work is applicable to strongly magnetized dense degenerate plasma.

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Figure 1. Normalized wave frequency versus normalized wavenumber plotted for various values of tensor viscosity when the rotational axis is parallel to the perpendicular mode of propagation.

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Figure 2. Normalized wave frequency versus normalized wavenumber is plotted for different values of rotation when rotational axis is parallel and wave propagation is perpendicular to the magnetic field.

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Figure 3. Normalized wave frequency versus normalized wavenumber is plotted to see the effect of FLR corrections when rotational axis and wave propagation are transverse to the magnetic field.

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Figure 4. Normalized wave frequency versus normalized wavenumber is plotted to see the effect of quantum when rotational axis and wave propagation are transverse to the magnetic field.

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Figure 5. Normalized wave frequency versus normalized wavenumber is plotted to see the effect of magnetic strength when rotational axis and wave propagation are transverse to the magnetic field.

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Figure 6. Growth rate of Alfvén mode versus wavenumber is plotted to see the effect of rotation and FLR corrections.

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Figure 7. Normalized wave frequency versus normalized wavenumber is plotted to compare the effect of tensor viscosity in transverse and longitudinal modes of propagation when the rotational axis is perpendicular to magnetic field