Michael Mond

Michael Mond

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Ben-Gurion University

Beer-Sheva

Israel

Phone: +972-8-6477098 (office)

+972-52-6839392 (mobile)

Fax: +972-8-6472813

Research Interests

· Magneto fluid dynamics - fusion theory

· Magneto fluid dynamics - astrophysical applications

· Plasma Physics – capillary discharges, laser ablation

· Fluid dynamics – geophysical applications, ferrofluid dynamics, transition to turbulence

Recent Works

§ The Hall instability of thin weakly ionized stratified Keplerian disks, Ap. J. 665(2), 1371, 2007.

§ The Hall instability of weakly ionized, radially stratified, rotating disks, Ap. J. 662(2), 1226, 2007.

§ Ultrasound attenuation in ferrofluids, PRL, 101(7), 074505,2008.

§ Drag reduction in hurricane conditions, Submitted to PRL.

§ Central schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws 1: Theory, Accepted to SIAM-SISC.

§ Central schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws 2: Applications, Accepted to SIAM-SISC.

§ Angular momentum transport in astrophysical disks, Ap. J. Lett. 672, L127,2008.

§ The Tayler instability and the Hall effect in protoneutron stars, Accepted to Astonr. Not.

§ Current driven instabilities in weakly ionized disks, Accepted to Astonr. Not.

§ Winds over the ocean Accepted to Phys. Fluids.

§ MRI in thin disks Accepted to MNRAS

§ Hall-MHD Equilibrium of Keplerian disks Accepted to MNRAS

§ Plasma dynamics in hollow cathodes Plasma Sources Sci. Technol.

§ Thermomagnetic instabilities in hot discs Accepted to MNRAS

§ Hydrodynamical algebraic growth in thin Keplerian disks Accepted to MNRAS

§ Algebraic growth and spectral instabilities in magnetized thin Keplerian disks Accepted to MNRAS

§ generation of intermediately-long sea waves by weakly sheared winds Accepted to Phy. Fluids

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