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A viscous magnetic fluid layer in a uniform horizontal magnetic field is considered. The upper boundary of the layer is a horizontal rigid wall and the lower boundary a the free surface. It is assumed that at the initial instant the free surface represents a randomly weakly deformed horizontal plane. A dispersion relation for the waves in a layer of arbitrary thickness is obtained within the framework of the linearized system of ferrohydrodynamic equations describing the evolution of spatial perturbations. The effect of a tangential magnetic field on the breakdown of a thin layer is investigated theoretically and experimentally.
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Korovin, V.M., Kubasov, A.A. Rayleigh-Taylor Instability of A Thin Magnetic Fluid Layer in A Tangential Magnetic Field. Fluid Dyn 33, 645–654 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02698612
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