Effect of rotation on anisotropic scattering suspension of phototactic algae

Abstract

In this article, the effect of rotation on the onset of phototactic bioconvection is investigated using linear stability theory for a suspension of forward-scattering phototactic algae in this article. The suspension is uniformly illuminated by collimated flux. The bio-convective instability is characterized by an unstable mode of disturbance that transitions from a stationary (overstable) to an overstable (stationary) state as the Taylor number varies under fixed parameters. It is also observed that the suspension has significant stabilizing effect due to rotation of the system.