Nonlinear stationary magnetoconvection in a rotating fluid

Abstract

We investigate finite-amplitude magnetoconvection in a rotating fluid in the presence of a vertical magnetic field when the axis of rotation is parallel to a vertical magnetic field. We derive a nonlinear, time-dependent, one-dimensional Landau–Ginzburg equation near the onset of stationary convection at supercritical pitchfork bifurcation whenformula hereand a nonlinear time-dependent second-order ordinary differential equation when Ta=T*a (from below). Ta=T*a corresponds to codimension-two bifurcation (or secondary bifurcation), where the threshold for stationary convection at the pitchfork bifurcation coincides with the threshold for oscillatory convection at the Hopf bifurcation. We obtain steady-state solutions of the one-dimensional Landau–Ginzburg equation, and discuss the solution of the nonlinear time-dependent second-order ordinary differential equation.