Hydromagnetic stability of helical flows permeated by a magnetic field with a radial component (Q800773)

In this paper, we have studied the linear stability of the nondissipative helical flow of an incompressible perfectly conducting fluid between two concentric cylinders permeated by a non-zero radial magnetic field. It is found that a rigidly rotating column of a perfectly conducting fluid permeated by a magnetic field \([(A/r),(C/r),B_ 0],\) where A, C, \(B_ 0\) are constants, is stable for all infinitesimal disturbances.