Abstract
By methods of modern spectral analysis, we rigorously find distributions of eigenvalues of linearized operators associated with an ideal hydromagnetic Couette-Taylor flow. The transition to instability in the limit of a vanishing magnetic field has a discontinuous change compared to the Rayleigh stability criterion for hydrodynamical flows, which is known as the Velikhov-Chandrasekhar paradox.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 065301 |
| Journal | Physical Review E |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 14 Dec 2011 |