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Incorporating Velocity Shear into the Magneto-Boussinesq Approximation

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2015-06-19 v1

Abstract

Motivated by consideration of the solar tachocline, we derive, via an asymptotic procedure, a new set of equations incorporating velocity shear and magnetic buoyancy into the Boussinesq approximation. We demonstrate, by increasing the magnetic field scale height, how these equations are linked to the magneto-Boussinesq equations of Spiegel and Weiss (1982).

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@article{arxiv.1404.3087,
  title  = {Incorporating Velocity Shear into the Magneto-Boussinesq Approximation},
  author = {Jordan A. Bowker and David W. Hughes and Evy Kersalé},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.3087},
  year   = {2015}
}

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14 pages, 0 figures. Accepted for publication in Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics