Jeans stability of dusty space plasmas

The Jeans stability of dusty plasmas is re-considered. In contrast to a gas, a dusty plasma can support a plethora of wave modes each potentially able to impart to the dust particles the randomising energy necessary to avoid Jeans collapse on some length scale. Consequently, the analysis of the stability to Jeans collapse is many-fold more complex in a dusty plasma than it is for a charge-neutral gas. After recalling some of the fundamental ideas related to the ordinary Jeans instability in neutral gases, we extend the discussion to plasmas containing charged dust grains. Besides the usual Jeans criterion based upon thermal agitation, we consider two other ways of countering the gravitational collapse: (i) via the excitation of dust-acoustic modes and (ii) via a novel Alfvén-Jeans instability, where perturbations of the dust mass-loaded magnetic field counter the effects of self-gravitation. These two mechanisms yield different minimum threshold length scales for the onset of instability/condensation. It is pointed out that for the study of the Jeans instability produced by density enhancements induced in the plasma by the presence of normal wave modes, even more prohibitive plasma size constraints must necessarily be satisfied.     

Wake potential in a self-gravitating dusty plasma

Using a test particle approach, the dynamical wake potential has been examined in a homogeneous self-gravitating dusty plasma. The periodic oscillatory potential might lead to an alternative approach to the Jeans instability for the formation of dust agglomeration leading to gravitational collapse of the self-gravitating systems.     

Local anisotropy in self-gravitating systems

We review and discuss possible causes for the appearance of local anisotropy (principal stresses unequal) in self-gravitating systems and present its main consequences. We consider both Newtonian and general relativistic examples. The results emerging from the stability analysis hint at the potential relevance of local anisotropy in the evolution of self-gravitating objects. In this respect particular attention is devoted to the Jeans instability criterion and to the occurrence of cracking in anisotropic spheres. A selection of solutions to Einstein equations for anisotropic matter is analyzed. The specific consequences derived from local anisotropy in these solutions, are exhibited. The differences between two different definitions of energy, within a slowly evolving distribution of anisotropic fluid, are discussed in detail. The conspicuous role played by the Weyl and shear tensors and their relationship with anisotropy of the fluid are brought out.     

Effect of magnetic field and radiative condensation on the Jeans instability of dusty plasma with polarization force

The Jeans instability of self-gravitating dusty plasma with polarization force is investigated considering the effects of magnetic field, dust temperature and radiative condensation. The condition of Jeans instability and expression of critical Jeans wave number are obtained which depend upon polarization force and dust temperature but these are unaffected by the presence of magnetic field. The radiative heat-loss functions also modify the Jeans condition of instability and expression of critical Jeans wave number. It is observed that the polarization force and ratio of radiative heat-loss functions have destabilizing while magnetic field and dust temperature have stabilizing influence on the growth rate of Jeans instability.     

Jeans instability of an inhomogeneous streaming dusty plasma

The dynamics of a self-gravitating unmagnetized, inhomogeneous, streaming dusty plasma is studied in the present work. The presence of the shear flow causes the coupling between gravitational and electrostatic forces. In the absence of self-gravity, the fluctuations in the plasma may grow at the expense of the density inhomogeneity and for certain wavelengths, such an unstable mode may dominate the usual streaming instability. However, in the presence of self-gravity, the plasma inhomogeneity causes an overlap between Jeans and streaming modes and collapse of the grain will continue at all wavelengths.     

Effect of polarization force on the Jeans instability of self-gravitating dusty plasma

The effect of polarization force acting on massive charged dust grains is investigated analytically on the Jeans instability of self-gravitating dusty plasma. The gravitational force acting on the massive negatively charged interstellar dust grains are considered in presence of both electrical and polarization forces. The basic equations of the problem are formulated and a general dispersion relation is obtained using plane wave approximation in low frequency wave mode. The effect of polarization force in the dispersion relation of the problem, condition of the Jeans instability and expression of the critical Jeans wave number is examined. The unstable growing modes due to self-gravitational force are studied in the situation when polarization force on the dust grain exceeds over the electrical force in magnitude. It is observed that the polarization force increases the growth rate of the system.     

Jeans type analysis of chemotactic collapse

We perform a linear dynamical stability analysis of a general hydrodynamic model of chemotactic aggregation [P.H. Chavanis, C. Sire, Physica A 384 (2007) 199]. Specifically, we study the stability of an infinite and homogeneous distribution of cells against “chemotactic collapse”. We discuss the analogy between the chemotactic collapse of biological populations and the gravitational collapse (Jeans instability) of self-gravitating systems. Our hydrodynamic model involves a pressure force which can take into account several effects like anomalous diffusion or the fact that the organisms cannot interpenetrate. We also take into account the degradation of the chemical which leads to a shielding of the interaction like for a Yukawa potential. Finally, our hydrodynamic model involves a friction force which quantifies the importance of inertial effects. In the strong friction limit, we obtain a generalized Keller–Segel model similar to the generalized Smoluchowski–Poisson system describing self-gravitating Langevin particles. For small frictions, we obtain a hydrodynamic model of chemotaxis similar to the Euler–Poisson system describing a self-gravitating barotropic gas. We show that an infinite and homogeneous distribution of cells is unstable against chemotactic collapse when the “velocity of sound” in the medium is smaller than a critical value. We study in detail the linear development of the instability and determine the range of unstable wavelengths, the growth rate of unstable modes and the damping rate, or the pulsation frequency, of the stable modes as a function of the friction parameter and shielding length. For specific equations of state, we express the stability criterion in terms of cell density.     

Effect of radiative cooling on collapsing charged grains

The effect of the radiative cooling of electrons on the gravitational collapse of cold dust grains with fluctuating electric charge is investigated. We find that the radiative cooling as well as the charge fluctuations, both, enhance the growth rate of the Jeans instability. However, the Jeans length, which is zero for cold grains and nonradiative plasma, becomes finite in the presence of radiative cooling of electrons and is further enhanced due to charge fluctuations of grains resulting in an increased threshold of the spatial scale for the Jeans instability.     

Stability of Self-Gravitating Magnetized Hall Plasma with Electrical and Thermal Conductivity through Porous Medium

The problem of stability of a self-gravitating, infinite homogeneous gas in the presence of magnetic field is investigated. The medium is assumed electrically and thermally conducting. The effect of porosity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and Hall current is investigated on the self-gravitating plasma flowing through porous medium. The relevant linearized equations of the problem are stated and dispersion relation is obtained. The effect of Hall current on the condition of the instability of the system is examined for both longitudinal and transverse mode of propagation and found that in longitudinal propagation Hall effect does not change the condition of instability but modifies the Alfvén wave mode. The stability of the system is discussed by applying Routh-Hurwitz criterion and it is found that Jeans criterion determines the stability of the system. Thermal conductivity and porosity have a destabilizing influence on the medium. The general condition for instability of the system is also derived.     

A quantum hydrodynamic model for multicomponent quantum magnetoplasma with Jeans term

The effect of Jeans term in a multicomponent self-gravitating quantum magnetoplasma is investigated employing the quantum hydrodynamic (QHD) model. The effects of quantum Bohm potential and statistical terms as well as the ambient magnetic field are also investigated on both dust and ion dynamics driven waves in this Letter. We state the conditions that can drive the system unstable in the presence of Jeans term. The limiting cases are also presented. The present work may have relevance in the dense astrophysical environments where the self-gravitating effects are expected to play a pivotal role.     

Gravitational decoupled charged anisotropic solutions in modified Gauss-Bonnet gravity

This paper is devoted to the study of charged anisotropic exact solutions for spherical geometry in the context of modified Gauss-Bonnet gravity using the gravitational decoupling technique. We take Krori-Barua solution in the presence of charge for a spherically symmetric self-gravitating system and extend it to obtain two anisotropic solutions through some constraints. We study the stability as well as the physical viability criterion of the resulting solutions using anisotropy, squared speed of sound parameter and energy bounds. Both models turn out to be physically viable and stable as they fulfill the required energy conditions and stability criterion. We conclude that the stability of both anisotropic solutions increases with a decrease in charge.     

Dust Alfven ordinary and cusp solitons and modulational instability in a self-gravitating magneto-radiative plasma

The effective one-fluid adiabatic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations for a multicomponent plasma comprising of electrons, ions, and dust are used to investigate the nonlinear coupling of dust Alfven and dust acoustic waves in the presence of radiation pressure as well as the Jean’s term that arises in a self-gravitating plasma. In this context, the set of Zakharov equations are derived. The soliton solutions in the presence of radiation pressure and Jeans term are separately discussed. It is found that ordinary solitons are obtained in the absence of Jeans term whereas cusp solitons are found in the absence of radiation pressure. To the best of our knowledge, cusp solitons are obtained for the first time for a self-gravitating plasma with Jeans term for an electromagnetic wave in a dusty plasma. The modulational instability is also investigated in the presence of radiation pressure and Jeans term. It is found that the Jeans term drives the system modulationally unstable provided it dominates the dust acoustic and radiation pressure terms whereas the radiation pressure enhances the stability of the system. The relevance of the present investigation in the photodissociation region that separates the HII region from the dense molecular clouds is also pointed out.     

On the massive vector field of a black hole and of a naked singularity

It is proved explicitly that the final state of a spherically symmetric gravitational collapse of matter endowed with a massive vector field may appear either as a black hole without any vector field outside the horizon, or as a naked singularity with a non-zero vector “hair”.     

On the influence of dissipative effects on instabilities of differentially-rotating plasmas

The stability of differentially-rotating cylindrical plasmas in the axial homogeneous magnetic field is studied in the framework of one-fluid dissipative magnetohydrodynamics. The dispersion relation of small-scale axisymmetric perturbations, taking into account the effects of the plasma thermal stratification, its resistivity and its viscosity, is derived. In the limiting cases of negligible resistivity and of negligible viscosity, the criteria of plasma stability are obtained. It is shown that in the case of small viscosity, the azimuthal flow of resistive plasma in the axial magnetic field is unstable due to the buoyancy effect if both the plasma pressure and its entropy either increase or decrease in the radial direction.     

Self-Gravitational Instability of a Stratified Viscous Hall-Plasma of Finite Conductivity

The hydromagnetic instability of a self-gravitating, incompressible, finitely conducting, viscous plasma of varying density has been investigated. The ambient magnetic field is assumed to be uniform and vertical. It is first shown that a variational principle characterizes the problem. The proper solutions have then been obtained, by the variational methods, for a semi-infinite plasma contained between two horizontal free boundaries. The dispersion relation has been solved numerically It is found that the growth rate of the unstable mode increases with the magnetic resistivity and with the Hall-currents while it decreases with the increasing viscosity. The influence of the effects of magnetic resistivity as well as of Hall-currents is, consequently, destabilizing on the dynamic instability of a self-gravitating stratified plasma. Viscosity has, however, a stabilizing influence on the growth rate of the disturbance.     

Gravitational collapse of dissipative fluid as a source of gravitational waves

Gravitational collapse of cylindrical anisotropic fluid has been considered in analogy with the work of Misner and Sharp. Using Darmois matching conditions, the interior cylindrical dissipative fluid (in the form of shear viscosity and heat flux) is matched to an exterior vacuum Einstein–Rosen space–time. It is found that on the bounding 3-surface the radial pressure of the anisotropic perfect fluid is linearly related to the shear viscosity and the heat flux of the dissipative fluid on the boundary. This non-zero radial pressure on the bounding surface may be considered as the source of gravitational waves outside the collapsing matter distribution.     

Viscoresistive g-modes and ballooning

The effect of viscosity on resistive g-modes and ballooning is investigated. Simple magnetized plane slab geometry is employed and a gravitational acceleration modulated along magnetic field lines is introduced in order to simulate toroidal curvature. Both g-mode and ballooning-type growth rates are abtained from the same model in the limits of long and short connection length, respectively. Parallel viscosity is involved in stabilizing these modes at sufficiently high values of the density and plasma size. A threshold for instability is found which scales like na². A cutoff also exists when finite perpendicular viscosity is introduced and combined with sufficiently high magnetic shear.     

Mechanism of characteristic shape of resistive transition in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 films made by laser evaporation

We measured the temperature dependence of resistivity, (T, H), of Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈ thin films in magnetic fields. These films have a preferential orientation of the c-axis perpendicular to a surface of the substrate. We could not observe any meaningful anisotropy of the characteristic shape of the resistive transition between two cases of the current flow parallel and perpendicular to the magnetic field in the basal plane. Therefore, it is very difficult to ascribe the broadness to any origin due to the Lorentz force produced by an external current.     

Numerical study of physical properties of resistive wall modes in tokamaks

The effect of plasma with toroidal rotation on the resistive wall modes in tokamaks is studied numerically. An eigenvalue method is adopted to calculate the growth rate of the modes for changing plasma resistivity and plasma density distribution, as well as the diffusion time of magnetic field through the resistive wall. It is found that the resistive wall mode can be suppressed by the toroidal rotation of the plasma. Also, the growth rate of the resistive wall mode decreases when the edge plasma density is the same as the core plasma density, but it only changes slightly with the plasma resistivity.