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The linear wave and geostrophic (vortex) solutions are shown to be a complete basis for physical variables $(u,v,w,\rho)$ in a rotating non-hydrostatic Boussinesq model with arbitrary stratification. As a consequence, the fluid can be…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-02-16 Jeffrey J. Early , M. Pascale Lelong , Miles A. Sundermeyer

This paper presents our investigation into the modification of a finite-width internal gravity wave beam arising from triadic resonance instability. We present both experimental and weakly non-linear modelling to examine this instability…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-12-21 K. M. Grayson , Stuart B. Dalziel , Andrew G. W. Lawrie

Evolution of weakly nonlinear and slowly varying Rossby waves in planetary atmospheres and oceans is considered within the quasi-geostrophic equation on unbounded domains. When the mean flow profile has a jump in the ambient potential…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-11-14 Georg A. Gottwald , Dmitry E. Pelinovsky

We study the nonlinear evolution of unstable flux compactifications, applying numerical relativity techniques to solve the Einstein equations in $D$ dimensions coupled to a $q$-form field and positive cosmological constant. We show that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-13 Maxence Corman , William E. East , Matthew C. Johnson

Astrophysical discs are warped whenever a misalignment is present in the system, or when a flat disc is made unstable by external forces. The evolution of the shape and mass distribution of a warped disc is driven not only by external…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Gordon I. Ogilvie , Henrik N. Latter

This paper discusses new perspectives and approaches to the problem of disk dynamics where, in this study, we focus on the effects of viscous instabilities influenced by boundary effects. The Boussinesq approximation of the viscous large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 O. M. Umurhan , G. Shaviv

We study the linearized 2D Euler equations around radial vortex profiles. Previous works have shown that the strict monotonicity of the vorticity profile leads to axisymmetrization and inviscid damping of non-radial perturbations. Given any…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-10 Ángel Castro , Daniel Lear

Context. Dynamical and turbulent motions of gas in a protoplanetary disk are crucial for their evolution and affect planet formation. Recent observations suggest weak turbulence in the disk's outer regions. However, the physical mechanism…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-22 Marcelo Barraza-Alfaro , Mario Flock , Sebastian Marino , Sebastián Pérez

Tidally distorted rotating stars and gaseous planets are subject to a well-known linear fluid instability -- the elliptical instability. It has been proposed that this instability might drive enough energy dissipation to solve the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Adrian J. Barker , Yoram Lithwick

We present local simulations that verify the linear streaming instability that arises from aerodynamic coupling between solids and gas in protoplanetary disks. This robust instability creates enhancements in the particle density in order to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Andrew Youdin , Anders Johansen

In this work we analyse the potential for a warp drive spacetime to develop instabilities due to the presence of quantum matter. Particularly, we look for points of infinite blueshift (which are analogous to points of a black hole inner…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-14 Carlos Barceló , Valentin Boyanov , Luis J. Garay , Eduardo Martín-Martínez , Jose M. Sánchez Velázquez

Theoretical and numerical studies have shown that large-scale vortices in Protoplanetary discs can result from various hydrodynamical instabilities. Once produced, such vortices can survive nearly unchanged over a large number of rotation…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-19 Steven Rendon Restrepo , Pierre Barge

Hydrodynamic instabilities driven by a direct current are analyzed in 2D and 3D relativisticlike systems with the Dyakonov-Shur boundary conditions supplemented by a boundary condition for temperature. Besides the conventional Dyakonov-Shur…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-25 P. O. Sukhachov , E. V. Gorbar , I. A. Shovkovy

Axisymmetric magnetorotational instability (MRI) in viscous accretion disks is investigated by linear analysis and two-dimensional nonlinear simulations. The linear growth of the viscous MRI is characterized by the Reynolds number defined…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Youhei Masada , Takayoshi Sano

In the present paper, we study a new type of large-scale instability, which arises in obliquely rotating electroconductive fluids with a small-scale external force of zero helicity. This force excites small-scale velocity oscillations with…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-11-27 M. I. Kopp , A. V. Tur , V. V. Yanovsky

This paper explores the driving of low-level hydrodynamical activity in protoplanetary-disc dead zones. A small adverse radial entropy gradient, ordinarily stabilised by rotation, excites oscillatory convection (`convective overstability')…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-02 Henrik Latter

It is shown that gas-dust perturbations in a disc with dust settling to the disc midplane exhibit the non-linear three-wave resonant interactions between streaming dust wave (SDW) and two inertial waves (IW). In the particular case…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-30 V. V. Zhuravlev

Local gravitational instability (LGI) is considered crucial for regulating star formation and gas turbulence in galaxy discs, especially at high redshift. Instability criteria usually assume infinitesimally thin discs or rely on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-02 C. Bacchini , C. Nipoti , G. Iorio , F. Roman-Oliveira , F. Rizzo , P. E. Mancera Piña , A. Marasco , A. Zanella , F. Lelli

The linear stability of rapid granular flow on a slope under gravity against the longitudinal perturbation is analyzed using hydrodynamic equations. It is demonstrated that the steady flow uniform along the flow direction becomes unstable…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Namiko Mitarai , Hiizu Nakanishi

The Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) arises at the interface between two fluids of different densities, notably when a heavier fluid lies above a lighter one in an effective gravitational field. In astrophysical systems with high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-05 Qiqi Jiang , Guang-Xing Li , Chandra B. Singh
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