Shearing-coordinate magnetic flux equation

ID: shearing-coordinate-magnetic-flux-equation

For a planar magnetic field written as and a circular velocity , the resistive induction equation reduces, after choosing the additive gauge transformation, to . A Fourier mode therefore obeys the equation in the title. Indeed, each radial derivative acting on the exponential replaces by , while the azimuthal Laplacian contributes . At zero magnetic diffusivity, is constant in time, but the physical magnetic field can still be amplified algebraically by differential rotation.

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