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Magnetohydrodynamic Stability

Magnetohydrodynamic Stability is a theoretical framework within plasma physics that characterizes the resistance of a conducting fluid or plasma to perturbations under the influence of magnetic and hydrodynamic forces, specifically by determining whether small disturbances grow or decay in systems governed by the coupled equations of magnetohydrodynamics.

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Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic stability

S. Chandrasekhar · 1961 · 6.6K citations

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A powerful local shear instability in weakly magnetized disks. I - Linear analysis. II - Nonlinear evolution

Steven A. Balbus, John F. Hawley · The Astrophysical Journal · 1991 · 4.5K citations

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An energy principle for hydromagnetic stability problems

Ira B. Bernstein, E. A. Frieman, Martin D. Kruskal et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1958 · 1.2K citations

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Problems of Gravitational Stability in the Presence of a Magnetic Field.

S. Chandrasekhar, Enrico Fermi · The Astrophysical Journal · 1953 · 754 citations

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Resistive instabilities in general toroidal plasma configurations

A. H. Glasser, J. M. Greene, John L. Johnson · The Physics of Fluids · 1975 · 578 citations

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  1. LL
    L. L. Lao

    General Atomics (United States), United States

    15 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. EJ
    E. J. Strait

    General Atomics (United States), United States

    15 publications · 1.4K citations

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    A. D. Turnbull

    General Atomics (United States), United States

    15 publications · 1.4K citations

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    W.A. Cooper

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

    14 publications · 431 citations

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    M. S. Chu

    General Atomics (United States), United States

    14 publications · 957 citations

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  1. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

    Princeton, United States

    38 h-index

    302 publications

    36.4K citations

  2. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    34 h-index

    235 publications

    40.4K citations

  3. General Atomics (United States)

    San Diego, United States

    33 h-index

    440 publications

    36.1K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

    Garching, Germany

    24 h-index

    85 publications

    3.2K citations

  5. Culham Centre for Fusion Energy

    Abingdon, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    105 publications

    7.8K citations

  6. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    22 h-index

    52 publications

    2.5K citations

  7. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    22 h-index

    89 publications

    4K citations

  8. Culham Science Centre

    Abingdon, United Kingdom

    21 h-index

    80 publications

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  1. Physics of Plasmas

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  2. The Physics of Fluids

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  3. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 133 publications · 10.9K citations

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  4. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 48 publications · 3.5K citations

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  5. Nuclear Fusion

    76 publications · 3.5K citations

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