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Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics Volume 57, 1991 - Issue 1-4
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The instability in relativistic, plane parallel, compressible shear flows

Sanjiv Kumar Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, 8046, Garching b. München, Germany; Department of Theoretical Physics, 1, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, England
Pages 191-202 | Published online: 19 Aug 2006
 
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Abstract

The growth rates of instabilities in these shear flows are bounded by the rate of shear and the relativistic y factor. It is also shown that (i) the Howard Semi-Circle theorem is still valid, and (ii) the critical layer lies in the flow. Beaming effects are taken into account.

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