Journal of Chemical Technology and Applications

All submissions of the EM system will be redirected to Online Manuscript Submission System. Authors are requested to submit articles directly to Online Manuscript Submission System of respective journal.
Journal of Chemical Technology and Applications 44 7897 074717

Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability Theory Open Access Journals

The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability on the magnetopause has frequently been invoked as a mechanism for driving geomagnetic pulsations in the Pc3–Pc5 range, as well as to explain the occurrence of surface waves on the magnetopause observed by satellites. Most of the theories' instability represents the magnetopause by a sharp boundary with velocity shear. This linear theory is improved which takes into the document the finite thickness of the low-latitude boundary layer on the magnetopause. The theory is in a form suitable for numerical computation and can take into account the effect of gradients in the plasma pressure, magnetic field magnitude and direction, and density. Computations show that the instability is suppressed at wavelengths short compared with the scale width of the boundary. There is thus a wavelength for which the growth rate is maximum. Extensive computations have been carried out and they show that growth can take place for a very wide range of conditions.

High Impact List of Articles
Conference Proceedings

Relevant Topics in Chemistry

Get the App