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Richtmyer‐Meshkov Instability and the Dynamics of the Magnetosphere

Author(s) -

Wu C. C.,

Roberts P. H.

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

geophysical research letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007

H-Index - 273

eISSN - 1944-8007

pISSN - 0094-8276

DOI - 10.1029/1999gl900093

Subject(s) - richtmyer–meshkov instability , instability , magnetosphere , physics , magnetopause , shock wave , magnetohydrodynamics , mechanics , discontinuity (linguistics) , shock (circulatory) , geophysics , classical mechanics , plasma , medicine , mathematical analysis , mathematics , quantum mechanics

When a shock wave encounters a fluid discontinuity, the interface may become unstable and form bubbles and spikes. We consider this Richtmyer‐Meshkov instability in magnetohydrodynamics through a set of numerical calculations for the magnetopause and the magnetotail configurations. We suggest that the instability may be a mechanism for generating transient events in the magnetosphere.

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