On the behaviour of the magnetorotational instability when the Rayleigh criterion is violated

An elementary but revealing analysis of the dispersion relation of the magnetorotational instability (MRI) in the Ralyeigh-unstable regime is described. The defining properties of the MRI - its maximum growth rate and the direction of the associated eigenvector displacement - remain unchanged as the...

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Main Author: Balbus, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012

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