Absolute instability of a weakly conducting jet with current

The influence of current on the absolute instability of a capillary jet of nonviscous weakly conducting fluid is considered. A relation between the Weber and Alfven numbers that sets off regions of absolute and convective instability is obtained.Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 179–182, July–August, 1995.