On linear instability and stability of the Rayleigh-Taylor problem in magnetohydrodynamics

DOI10.1007/S00021-015-0221-XzbMATH Open1327.76074arXiv1504.06912OpenAlexW3099941921MaRDI QIDQ889648FDOQ889648

Authors: Fei Jiang, Song Jiang 

Publication date: 9 November 2015

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate the stabilizing effects of the magnetic fields in the linearized magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) problem of a nonhomogeneous incompressible viscous magnetohydrodynamic fluid of zero resistivity in the presence of a uniform gravitational field in a three-dimensional bounded domain, in which the velocity of the fluid is non-slip on the boundary. By adapting a modified variational method and careful deriving emph{a priori} estimates, we establish a criterion for the instability/stability of the linearized problem around a magnetic RT equilibrium state. In the criterion, we find a new phenomenon that a sufficiently strong horizontal magnetic field has the same stabilizing effect as that of the vertical magnetic field on growth of the magnetic RT instability. In addition, we further study the corresponding compressible case, i.e., the Parker (or magnetic buoyancy) problem, for which the strength of a horizontal magnetic field decreases with height, and also show the stabilizing effect of a sufficiently large magnetic field.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.06912

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zbMATH Keywords

equilibrium statesincompressible/compressible fluidsinstability/stability criteriamagnetic Rayleigh-Taylor instabilityparker's instabilityviscous MHD equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations (35Q30) Stability and instability of magnetohydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic flows (76E25)

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