MHD CONVECTION IN A ROTATING ANNULUS:
Animations of 2D Nonlinear Wave Solutions

Steve Lantz and Oleg Abramov, Cornell Theory Center

Rayleigh number NO B field (Q = 0),
NO rotation (eta = 0)
NO B field (Q = 0),
YES rotation (eta = 2)
YES B field (Q = 1),
YES rotation (eta = 2)
R=60 Steady rolls 320x240/240fr/8s/1.7MB Thermal Rossby wave 320x240/360fr/12s/2.5MB Magnetized T.R.W. 320x240/360fr/12s/9.2MB 640x480/360fr/12s/24.7MB
R=90 Tilted rolls 320x240/480fr/16s/3.3MB Tilted T.R.W. 320x240/480fr/16s/3.3MB UN-tilted T.R.W. 320x240/360fr/12s/8.6MB 640x480/360fr/12s/23.2MB
R=120 Vacillating, tilted rolls 320x240/480fr/16s/3.1MB Vacillating, tilted T.R.W. 320x240/480fr/16s/3.1MB OSC., BACK-tilted T.R.W. 320x240/480fr/16s/12.3MB 640x480/480fr/16s/32.7MB

An early version of this mini-poster was presented at the Chapman Conference on
Magnetic Helicity in Space and Laboratory Plasmas, Boulder, CO, July 28-30, 1998.