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Table 1
Non-dimensional control parameters characterizing the buoyancy instability.
| Parameter | Symbol | Definition | Value/Range | |||||||||
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| normalized pressure | HP0/Lz | 0.3 | ||||||||||
| scale height | ||||||||||||
| normalized temperature scale height | HT/Lz | 1.2 | ||||||||||
| normalized sound speed | cs0Ly/η | 6 × 104 | ||||||||||
| Prandtl number | Pr | ν/χ0 | 0.125 ...4.0 | |||||||||
| magnetic Prandtl no. | PrM | ν/η | 0.125 ...4.0 | |||||||||
| Roberts number | Rb | χ0/η | 0.25 ...1.0 | |||||||||
| magnetic Taylor no. | TaM |
|
0...3.2 × 1010 | |||||||||
| rotational inclination | θ | (0...180)° | ||||||||||
| (initial) Lundquist no. | Lu0 | vA0HB/η | 500 ...600 | |||||||||
| (initial) modified |
|
(ptot/pM)(zB,0) | 1.04 ...4.21 | |||||||||
| plasma-beta | ||||||||||||
Notes. Modified initial plasma-beta
refers to the
midplane of the magnetic sheet.
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