{tag=Work by Steven A. Balbus}
{tag=Work by John F. Hawley}
{title2=1991}
{title2=10.1086/170270}

The Astrophysical Journal 376, pp.214–222. Sections2.1–2.3 give the local linear dispersion and stability criterion; section2.5 explains the magnetic-tension mechanism. The hosted PDF also includes the companion nonlinear-evolution paper after the first article.

https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1991ApJ...376..214B


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