Kelvin-Helmholtz Instabilities: Plasma Physics

The same Kelvin-Helmholz instability as before, but in a quite different physical regime. Here one includes magnetic fields and Braginski (anisotropic, temperature-dependent) conduction and viscosity, and a toy model for astrophysical radiative cooling. This leads to a totally different, “oil-and-water-like” morphology of the instability.

© Philip Hopkins 2015