Effect of finite ion Larmor radius on the stability of rotating superposed fluids

Abstract

The effect of finite ion Larmor radius on the gravitational instability of two superposed fluids in uniform rotation is investigated for interchange perturbations, using the macroscopic equations of motion, where the finite ion Larmor radius effect is incorporated through off-diagonal terms in the pressure tensor. It is found that the region of stable wavelengths is enhanced due to the simultaneous presence of finite Larmor radius and a uniform rotation. A similar conclusion is also arrived at for the situation when a vortex sheet is present between the two superposed fluids.