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Magnetically Induced Rotating Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
Published on: March 3, 2017
Kelvin Helmholtz instability in strongly coupled Yukawa liquids
Abstract:
Using "first principles" molecular dynamics simulations Kelvin Helmholtz instability has been observed for the first time at the particle level in two-dimensional strongly coupled Yukawa liquids. At a given coupling strength Γ a subsonic shear profile is superposed on an equilibrated Yukawa liquid and instability is observed. Linear growth rates computed directly from MD simulations are seen to increase with strong coupling. Vortex-roll formation in the nonlinear regime is reported.
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