ON MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC STABILITY OF A SELF-GRAVITATING PLASMA
Abstract
Following Kruskal and Schwarzschild (Proc. Roy. Soc. A223:348, 1954) boundary conditions are deduced which apply on the free surface of a self-gravitating plasma. These equations are applied to study the stability problems of a self-gravitating plasma. It is proved that the stable length of the compression waves in an infinite homogeneous plasma is increased by the presence of a uniform magnetic field. The stability of a self-gravitating plasma cylinder of infinite length is worked out and it is seen that a magnetic field of the order of 5.10 to the 6th power gauss increases the stable length of the plasma cylinder by more than ten times. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0257449
Entities
People
- R.k. Jaggi
Organizations
- University of Maryland