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We study the conditions under which high mode magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves propagating on a rotating jet emerging from the filament eruption on 2013 April 10--11 can became unstable against the Kelvin--Helmholtz instability (KHI). The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-06 Ivan Zhelyazkov , Ramesh Chandra

Stability analysis of two-fluid protoplanetary disc models has enriched our understanding of how solids can grow into larger bodies called planetesimals. Dust particles entrained in a gas stream modify the flow, creating shear layers prone…

Studying transversal structure in extragalactic jets is crucial for understanding their physics. The Japanese led space VLBI project VSOP has offered arguably the best opportunity for such studies, by reaching baseline lengths of up to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-07-20 M. Perucho , A. P. Lobanov

We study the shear-driven instability, of Kelvin-Helmholtz type, that forms at the interface between a cylindrical jet of flowing fluid and its surroundings. The results of an infinitesimal-amplitude theory based on linearising the system…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-11-24 Earl S. Lester , Lawrence K. Forbes

Using a new numerical code we have carried out two-dimensional simulations of the nonlinear evolution of unstable sheared magnetohydrodynamic flows. We considered two cases: a strong magnetic field (Alfven Mach number, M_a = 2.5) and a weak…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Adam Frank , T. W. Jones , Dongsu Ryu , Joseph B. Gaalaas

We report here, for the first time, an observed instability of a Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) nature occurring in a fully three-dimensional (3D) current-vortex sheet at the fan plane of a 3D magnetic null point. The current-vortex layer forms…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-04-09 P. F. Wyper , D. I. Pontin

Qualitatively new aspects of the (linear and non-linear) stability of sheared relativistic (slab) jets are analyzed. The linear problem has been solved for a wide range of jet models well inside the ultrarelativistic domain (flow Lorentz…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Manuel Perucho , Michal Hanasz , Jose-Maria Marti , Juan-Antonio Miralles

We study the evolutionary conditions for Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability in a H-alpha solar surge observed in NOAA AR 8227 on 1998 May 30. The jet with speeds in the range of 45-50 km/s, width of 7 Mm, and electron number density of 3.83…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-20 I. Zhelyazkov , T. V. Zaqarashvili , R. Chandra , A. K. Srivastava , T. Mishonov

Transport coefficients in highly ionised plasmas like the intra-cluster medium (ICM) are still ill-constrained. They influence various processes, among them the mixing at shear flow interfaces due to the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI).…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-17 E. Roediger , R. P. Kraft , P. Nulsen , E. Churazov , W. Forman , M. Brueggen , R. Kokotanekova

The first realization of instabilities in the shear flow between two superfluids is examined. The interface separating the A and B phases of superfluid He-3 is magnetically stabilized. With uniform rotation we create a state with…

The effect of a narrow sub-Alfvenic shear flow layer near the minimum q_min of the tokamak safety factor profile in a configuration with reversed central shear is analyzed. Sufficiently strong velocity shear gives rise to a broad spectrum…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Andreas Bierwage , Qingquan Yu , Sibylle Günter

The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability is a ubiquitous physical process in ordinary fluids and plasmas, frequently observed also in space environments. In this paper, kinetic effects at proton scales in the nonlinear and turbulent stage of the…

Space Physics · Physics 2023-07-12 A. Settino , F. Malara , O. Pezzi , M. Onofri , D. Perrone , F. Valentini

In rotating 3He superfluids the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability of the AB interface has been found to follow the theoretical model above 0.4 Tc. A deviation from this dependence has been assumed possible at the lowest temperatures. Our…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-03-15 V. B. Eltsov , J. J. Hosio , M. Krusius

We have carried out high resolution MHD simulations of the nonlinear evolution of Kelvin-Helmholtz unstable flows in 2 1/2 dimensions. The modeled flows and fields were initially uniform except for a thin shear layer with a hyperbolic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 T. W. Jones , Joseph B. Gaalaas , Dongsu Ryu , Adam Frank

The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability is well known to be capable of converting well-ordered flows into more disordered, even turbulent, flows. As such it could represent a path by which the energy in, for example, bowshocks from stellar jets…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-11-03 Aoife C. Jones , Turlough P. Downes

Radio and optical images of the M87 jet show bright filaments, twisted into an apparent double helix, extending from HST-1 to knot A. Proper motions within the jet suggest a decelerating jet flow passing through a slower, accelerating wave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Philip E. Hardee , Jean A. Eilek

This article delves into the dynamics of inviscid annular supersonic jets, akin to those exiting converging-diverging nozzles in over-expanded regimes. It focuses on the first azimuthal Fourier mode of flow fluctuations and examines their…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-05-14 Vincent Jaunet , Guillaume Lehnasch

The isothermal spatio-temporal evolution of an interface between binary fluids, with temperature sensitive miscibility gap, subjected to shear flow is investigated using direct numerical simulations. The thermophysical properties and the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-09-03 Anubhav Dubey , Sakir Amiroudine

We investigate the effects of viscosity and heat conduction on the onset and growth of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) via an efficient discrete Boltzmann model. Technically, two effective approaches are presented to quantitatively…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-04-02 Yanbiao Gan , Aiguo Xu , Guangcai Zhang , Chuandong Lin , Huilin Lai , Zhipeng Liu

The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) can occur when there is a relative motion between two adjacent fluids. In the case of magnetized plasma, the shear velocity must exceed the local Alfv\'{e}n speed for the instability to develop. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-21 Leon Ofman , Olga Khabarova , Ryun-Yong Kwon , Yogesh , Eyal Heifetz , Katariina Nykyri