Experimental observation and characterization of the magnetorotational instability

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Sisan, Daniel R ^a   Mujica, Nicolás ^a   Tillotson, W Andrew ^a   Huang, Yi Min ^a   Dorland, William ^a   Hassam, Adil B ^a   Antonsen, Thomas M ^a   Lathrop, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CENTRIFUGES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HALL EFFECT; HYDRODYNAMICS; ROTATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; COAXIAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION; MAGNETOROTATIONAL INSTABILITY;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 19644381875     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.114502     Document Type: Article

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