Research Article

A Linear Stability Analysis of Thermal Convection in a Fluid Layer with Simultaneous Rotation and Magnetic Field Acting in Different Directions

Figure 1

Thermal instability analysis in the presence of a rotation vector and a magnetic field . The gravity vector acts in the negative -direction. The temperatures and (where ) are applied at the lower and upper boundaries, respectively. The distance between the two surfaces is . The angle between and is , while the angle between and is . Note that the vectors and lay in the -plane. The surfaces are electrically nonconducting; thus, no currents can cross the boundary.
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