# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

March  2014, 19(2): 543-563. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2014.19.543

## Stability and bifurcation of a viscous incompressible plasma fluid contained between two concentric rotating cylinders

 1 Department of Mathematics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610021, China

Received  June 2013 Revised  October 2013 Published  February 2014

In this paper, our objective is to apply the attractor bifurcation theory to study the stability and bifurcation of a viscous incompressible plasma fluid contained between two concentric rotating cylinders. We get a dimensionless parameter $T$ which can describe the stability and bifurcation of the plasma fluid through calculation. When $T$ is smaller than a critical number $T_0$, the plasma fluid is stable. When $T$ crosses the critical number $T_0$, the plasma fluid becomes unstable and will generate a new magnetic field which has an interesting structure.
Citation: Quan Wang. Stability and bifurcation of a viscous incompressible plasma fluid contained between two concentric rotating cylinders. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - B, 2014, 19 (2) : 543-563. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2014.19.543
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