Magnetorotational instability in electrically driven flow of liquid metal: Spectral analysis of global modes

DOI10.1063/1.2408513MaRDI QIDQ3531801zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors I. V. Khalzov, A. I. Smolyakov, E. P. Velikhov, V. I. Ilgisonis

Publication date 3 November 2008

Published in Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0604185

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

Abstract: The spectral stability of liquid metal differentially rotating in transverse magnetic field is studied numerically by solving the eigenvalue problem with rigid-wall boundary conditions. The equilibrium velocity profile used in calculations corresponds to the electrically driven flow in circular channel with the rotation law Omega(r)~1/r^2. This type of flow profile is planned to be used in new experimental device to test the magnetorotational instability (MRI) in laboratory. Our analysis includes calculations of the eigen-frequency spectra for both axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric modes. It is found that for chosen device parameters the flow is always spectrally unstable due to MRI with the fastest growth rate corresponding to the axisymmetric mode.

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