A concise review is given of astrophysically motivated experimental and theoretical research
on Taylor–Couette flow. The flows of interest rotate differentially with the inner cylinder faster …

Abstract Decades ago S. Lundquist, S. Chandrasekhar, PH Roberts and RJ Tayler first
posed questions about the stability of Taylor–Couette flows of conducting material under the …

We report the first direct evidence for the axisymmetric standard magnetorotational instability
(SMRI) from a combined experimental and numerical study of a magnetized liquid-metal …

The standard magnetorotational instability (SMRI) is a promising mechanism for turbulence
and rapid accretion in astrophysical disks. It is a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instability …

Magnetorotational instability (MRI) is considered as the most likely mechanism driving
angular momentum transport in astrophysical disks. However, despite many efforts, a direct …

We report a laboratory study of the transport of angular momentum by a turbulent flow of an
electrically conducting fluid confined in a thin disk. When the electromagnetic force applied …

Magnetic fields of planets, stars and galaxies are generated by self-excitation in moving
electrically conducting fluids. Once produced, magnetic fields can play an active role in …

We conduct a linear analysis of axisymmetric magnetorotational instability (MRI) in a
magnetized cylindrical Taylor-Couette (TC) flow for its standard version (SMRI) with a purely …

The quest for an unambiguous detection of magnetorotational instability (MRI) in
experiments is still ongoing despite recent promising results. To conclusively identify MRI in …

The excitation conditions of the magnetorotational instability (MRI) are studied for axially
unbounded Taylor–Couette (TC) flows of various gap widths between the cylinders. The …