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Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability plays a significant role in transport and mixing properties of any medium. In this paper, we numerically explore this instability for a two-dimensional strongly coupled dusty plasma with rotational shear…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-01-26 Vikram Dharodi , Bhavesh Patel , Amita Das

We develop the theory of weak wave turbulence in systems described by the Schr\"odinger-Helmholtz equations in two and three dimensions. This model contains as limits both the familiar cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation, and the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-03-24 Jonathan Skipp , Victor L'vov , Sergey Nazarenko

Interfacial hydrodynamic instabilities in multicomponent superfluids provide a versatile platform to explore nonequilibrium quantum dynamics beyond classical fluid analogues. We study dynamical interfacial instabilities in a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-03-20 Susovan Giri , Arpana Saboo , Hari Sadhan Ghosh , Vipin , Sonjoy Majumder

Observations of galaxies and models of accreting systems point to the occurrence of counter-rotating discs where the inner part of the disc ($r<r_0$) is co-rotating and the outer part is counter-rotating. This work analyzes the linear…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Dan Quach , Sergei Dyda , Richard V. E. Lovelace

Ambient interstellar material may become entrained in outflows from massive stars as a result of shear flow instabilities. We study the linear theory of the Kelvin - Helmholtz instability, the simplest example of shear flow instability, in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Watson , E. G. Zweibel , F. Heitsch , E. Churchwell

Recently, there has been a significant level of discussion of the correct treatment of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in the astrophysical community. This discussion relies largely on how the KHI test is posed and analyzed. We pose a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Colin P. McNally , Wladimir Lyra , Jean-Claude Passy

The linear MHD Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) in an anisotropic plasma concerning the direction of an external magnetic field is examined in detail. For this purpose, the MHD equations are used to describe the motion of plasma as a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-12 N. S. Dzhalilov , R. Ismayilli

The common feature of sheared flows of an ideal fluid and plasma in magnetic field is the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. This instability is described by identical equations in mentioned two cases. The wave equation for the eigenmodes in the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-07-31 A. Yu. Chirkov , V. I. Khvesyuk

We observe stable propagation of spatially localized single- and double-charge optical vortices in a self-focusing nonlinear medium. The vortices are created by self-trapping of partially incoherent light carrying a phase dislocation, and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-10 Chien-Chung Jeng , Ming-Feng Shih , Kristian Motzek , Yuri Kivshar

We conduct an experimental investigation of nonlinearity management in optics using femtosecond pulses and layered Kerr media consisting of glass and air. By examining the propagation properties over several diffraction lengths, we show…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-11 Martin Centurion , Mason A. Porter , P. G. Kevrekidis , Demetri Psaltis

The nonlinear magnetic Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHi), and the turbulence it creates, appears in many astrophysical systems. This includes those systems where the local plasma conditions are such that the plasma is not fully ionised,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-29 Andrew Hillier

We investigate three kinds of instabilities in binary immiscible homogeneous Bose-Einstein condensate, considering rubidium isotopes $^{85}$Rb and $^{87}$Rb confined in two-dimensional circular box. Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) and Kelvin-Helmholtz…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-11-04 R. Kishor Kumar , S. Sabari , Arnaldo Gammal , Lauro Tomio

Transversal oscillations of spicules axes may be related to the propagation of magnetohydrodynamic waves along them. These waves may become unstable and the instability can be of the Kelvin-Helmholtz type. We use the dispersion relation of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 A. Ajabshirizadeh , H. Ebadi , R. E. Vekalati , K. Molaverdikhani

We analyze nonlinear dynamics of the Kelvin-Helmholtz quantum instability of the He-II free surface, which evolves during counterpropagation of the normal and superfluid components of liquid helium. It is shown that in the vicinity of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-12-12 N. M. Zubarev , P. M. Lushnikov

Using a variational ansatz for the wave function of the Bose-Einstein condensate, we develop a quantum theory of vortices and quadrupole modes in a one-dimensional optical lattice. We study the coupling between the quadrupole modes and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-10-13 J. -P. Martikainen , H. T. C. Stoof

The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability has been proposed as a mechanism to extract energy from magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) kink waves in flux tubes, and to drive dissipation of this wave energy through turbulence. It is therefore a potentially…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 Andrew Hillier , Adrian Barker , Iñigo Arregui , Henrik Latter

The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in superfluids is discussed, based on the first experimental observation of such instability at the interface between superfluid 3He-A and superfluid 3He-B (cond-mat/0111343). We discuss why (i) the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 G. E. Volovik

The quantum diffusion of a vortex in a two-component quantum fluid of light is investigated. In these systems, the Kerr nonlinearity promotes interactions between the photons, displaying features that are analogue of a Bose-Einstein…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2023-12-12 M. Roldão , J. L. Figueiredo , P. Monteiro , J. T. Mendonça , H. Terças

Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities are common in astrophysical systems, ranging from jet black holes up to protoplanetary accretion disk. An astrophysical object with strong characteristics of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability is Caraguejo…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-12-19 P. Freitas-Lemes , I. Rodrigues , M. Faúndez-Abans

We propose a different type of Landau instability in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates by a helically moving environment. In the presence of quantized vortices, the instability can cause spontaneous radiation and amplification of Kelvin…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-11-29 Hiromitsu Takeuchi , Kenichi Kasamatsu , Makoto Tsubota