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Boundary layers in space and astrophysical plasmas are the location of complex dynamics where different mechanisms coexist and compete eventually leading to plasma mixing. In this work, we present fully kinetic Particle-In-Cell simulations…

Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) is widely spread in nature on scales from micrometer up to Galactic one. This instability refers to the growth of perturbation of an interface between two parallel streams of Newtonian fluids with…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-09-15 Narsing K. Jha , Victor Steinberg

The non-linear regime of the magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor instability (MRTI) has been studied in the context of several laboratory and astrophysical systems. Yet, several fundamental aspects remain unclear. One of them is the self-similar…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-09-19 Manohar Teja Kalluri , Andrew Hillier

This work numerically investigates the role of viscosity and resistivity on Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities in magnetized high-energy-density (HED) plasmas for a high Atwood number and high plasma beta regimes surveying across plasma beta and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-05-04 Ratan Kumar Bera , Yang Song , Bhuvana Srinivasan

Reactive Rayleigh-Taylor systems are characterized by the competition between the growth of the instability and the rate of reaction between cold (heavy) and hot (light) phases. We present results from state-of-the-art numerical simulations…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2011-02-14 A. Scagliarini , L. Biferale , F. Mantovani , M. Sbragaglia , F. Toschi , R. Tripiccione

We address the linear stability of a discontinuous surface of a relativistic flow in the context of a jet that oscillates radially as it propagates. The restoring force of the oscillation is expected to drive a Rayleigh-Taylor instability…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-20 Jin Matsumoto , Miguel A. Aloy , Manel Perucho

The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) is a standard test of hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation codes and finds many applications in astrophysics. The classic linear theory considers a discontinuity in density and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-13 Thomas Berlok , Christoph Pfrommer

The nonlinear evolution of two fluid interfacial structures like bubbles and spikes arising due to the combined action of Rayleigh-Taylor and Kelvin-Helmholtz instability or due to that of Richtmyer-Meshkov and Kelvin-Helmholtz instability…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2010-10-07 M. R. Gupta , Labakanta Mandal , Sourav Roy , Rahul Banerjee , Manoranjan Khan

Magnetohydrodynamic kink waves naturally form as a consequence of perturbations to a structured medium, for example transverse oscillations of coronal loops. Linear theory has provided many insights in the evolution of linear oscillations,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-26 Andrew Hillier , Iñigo Arregui , Takeshi Matsumoto

The main aim of this submission is to investigate the effects of some parameters like wave number, shear velocity, magnetic field and temperature for the growth rate of the magnetized Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) with incessant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Huseyin Cavus , G. A. Hoshoudy

(abridged) There exists a substantial disagreement between computer simulation results and high-energy density laboratory experiments of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability Kuranz et al. (2010). We adopt the Braginskii formulation for transport…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-11-18 Frank Modica , Tomasz Plewa , Andrey Zhiglo

We investigate the conditions under which the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modes in a cylindrical magnetic flux tube moving along its axis become unstable against the Kelvin--Helmholtz (KH) instability. We \textbf{use} the dispersion relations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-24 I. Zhelyazkov , Z. Dimitrov

Aims: We quantify the effects of twisted magnetic fields on the development of the magnetic Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) in transversely oscillating coronal loops. Methods: We modelled a fundamental standing kink mode in a straight,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-22 Thomas Howson , Ineke De Moortel , Patrick Antolin

Simulations and observations of the low-latitude magnetosphere-magnetosheath boundary layer indicate that the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) drives vortex structures that enhance plasma mixing and magnetic reconnection, influencing…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-05-06 Silvia Ferro , Fabio Bacchini , Giuseppe Arrò , Francesco Pucci , Pierre Henri

This work examines the effect of the embedded magnetic field strength on the non-linear development of the magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor Instability (RTI) (with a field-aligned interface) in an ideal gas close to the incompressible limit in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-20 Jack Carlyle , Andrew Hillier

We derive interface models for 3D Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI), making use of a novel asymptotic expansion in the non-locality of the fluid flow. These interface models are derived for the purpose of studying universal features…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-02-14 Gavin Pandya , Steve Shkoller

We investigate the linear instability of two-layer stratified shear flows in a sloping two-dimensional channel, subject to non-zero longitudinal gravitational forces. We reveal three previously unknown instabilities, distinct from the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-09-20 Lu Zhu , Amir Atoufi , Adrien Lefauve , Rich R. Kerswell , P. F. Linden

A multiple-relaxation-time discrete Boltzmann model (DBM) is proposed for multicomponent mixtures, where compressible, hydrodynamic, and thermodynamic nonequilibrium effects are taken into account. It allows the specific heat ratio and the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-01-20 Chuandong Lin , Kai H. Luo , Aiguo Xu , Yanbiao Gan , Huilin Lai

The non-linear regime of Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) in a radiation supported atmosphere, consisting of two uniform fluids with different densities, is studied numerically. We perform simulations using our recently developed numerical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-01-17 Yan-Fei Jiang , Shane W. Davis , James Stone

Studies have shown that in sheared $\mathbf{E}\times\mathbf{B}$ flows in an inhomogeneous ionospheric plasma, the gradient drift (GDI) or the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KHI) instability may grow. This work examines the conditions that cause one of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-06-02 C. Rathod , B. Srinivasan , W. Scales