▪ Abstract The status of our current understanding of angular momentum transport in
accretion disks is reviewed. The last decade has seen a dramatic increase both in the …

Recent decades have seen enormous progress in the experimental investigation of
fundamental processes that are relevant to geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics …

This updated revision gives a complete and topical overview on Nonconservative Stability
which is essential for many areas of science and technology ranging from particles trap** …

Magnetism is one of the most pervasive features of the Universe, with planets, stars and
entire galaxies all having associated magnetic fields. All of these fields are generated by the …

We report the first direct evidence for the axisymmetric standard magnetorotational instability
(SMRI) from a combined experimental and numerical study of a magnetized liquid-metal …

Differential rotation occurs in conducting flows in accretion disks and planetary cores. In
such systems, the magnetorotational instability can arise from coupling Lorentz and …

A concise review is given of astrophysically motivated experimental and theoretical research
on Taylor–Couette flow. The flows of interest rotate differentially with the inner cylinder faster …

We present results from pulsed-power driven differentially rotating plasma experiments
designed to simulate physics relevant to astrophysical disks and jets. In these experiments …

The standard magnetorotational instability (SMRI) is a promising mechanism for turbulence
and rapid accretion in astrophysical disks. It is a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instability …

Abstract Decades ago S. Lundquist, S. Chandrasekhar, PH Roberts and RJ Tayler first
posed questions about the stability of Taylor–Couette flows of conducting material under the …