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Magnetohydrodynamic spectrum of gravitating plane plasmas with flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1999

B. van der HOLST
Affiliation:
FOM–Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen, Edisonbaan 14, Postbus 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
R. J. NIJBOER
Affiliation:
FOM–Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen, Edisonbaan 14, Postbus 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
J. P. GOEDBLOED
Affiliation:
FOM–Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen, Edisonbaan 14, Postbus 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

Abstract

The ideal magnetohydrodynamic spectrum of gravitating plane plasmas with equilibrium flow is investigated. Flow makes the spectral problem non-self-adjoint, so that the spectrum can become overstable. The criteria for cluster spectra to appear are derived analytically and both stable and unstable sides of the spectrum are examined numerically. Above certain critical values of the shear flow at the resonant surface, the gravitating interchange modes disappear. However, the local extrema of the continua can then take over the cluster spectrum.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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