An asymptotically exact reduced PDE model for the magnetorotational instability: Derivation and numerical simulations

Physica Scripta T

Volumn T132, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jamroz, Ben ^a   Julien, Keith ^a   Knobloch, Edgar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILLING MODES; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MAGNETOROTATIONAL INSTABILITY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL; PDE MODEL; SINGLE MODE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL SCALE; WEAK DISSIPATION;

ASTROPHYSICS; ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 70350626896     PISSN: 02811847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/2008/T132/014027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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