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Magnetically Induced Rotating Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
Published on: March 3, 2017
Wave turbulence on the surface of a ferrofluid in a horizontal magnetic field
Stéphane Dorbolo1, Eric Falcon
1FRS-FNRS, GRASP, Département de Physique B5, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Abstract:
We report observations of wave turbulence on the surface of a ferrofluid submitted to a magnetic field parallel to the fluid surface. The magnetic wave turbulence shows several differences compared to the normal field case reported recently. The inertial zone of the magnetic wave turbulence regime is notably found to be strongly increased with respect to the normal field case and to be well described by our theoretical predictions. The dispersion relation of linear waves is also measured and differs from the normal field case due to the absence of the Rosensweig instability.
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