Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in magnetohydrodynamic flows
Abstract
The Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) of a continuously stratified fluid has implications on the stability of solar and planetary interiors. A nonlinear stage of the two-dimensional RTI is studied by including various effects. By using the multiple scale method, we derived a nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) in 2+1 dimensions. We show the general soliton solutions of the NLSE and this allows to discuss their stability.
- Publication:
-
Solar Activity and its Magnetic Origin
- Pub Date:
- 2006
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921306001384
- Bibcode:
- 2006IAUS..233...49K