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Rayleigh-Taylor stability in the presence of rotation

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The stability of a slab of incompressible fluid with exponentially-increasing density, supported by a semi-infinite homogeneous region and supporting a semi-infinite region of exponentially-decreasing density has been investigated when the whole system rotates uniformly about a vertical axis. The familiar Rayleigh-Taylor stability problems are recovered from the general dispersion relation, both in the presence of rotation and in the absence of rotation.

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  1. Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut, University, Assiut, Egypt

    M. H. Obied Allah

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Obied Allah, M.H. Rayleigh-Taylor stability in the presence of rotation. Astrophys Space Sci 175, 149–155 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00644432

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