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Magnetohydrodynamics and Plasma Cosmology

K. Kleidis, A. Kuiroukidis, D. B. Papadopoulos, L. Vlahos

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0512131

Abstract

We study the linear magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations, both in the Newtonian and the general-relativistic limit, as regards a viscous magnetized fluid of finite conductivity and discuss instability criteria. In addition, we explore the excitation of cosmological perturbations in anisotropic spacetimes, in the presence of an ambient magnetic field. Acoustic, electromagnetic (e/m) and fast-magnetosonic modes, propagating normal to the magnetic field, can be excited, resulting in several implications of cosmological significance.

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