13 citations · 25 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for
3 papers
physics.flu-dyn2014★ 10 cited
Variational Necessary and Sufficient Stability Conditions for Inviscid Shear Flow
Makoto Hirota, Philip J. Morrison, Yuji Hattori
A necessary and sufficient condition for linear stability of inviscid parallel shear flow is formulated by developing a novel variational principle, where the velocity profile is a…
physics.plasm-ph2013★ 13 cited
Nonlinear variational method for predicting fast collisionless magnetic reconnection
M. Hirota, P. J. Morrison, Y. Ishii +2
A mechanism for fast magnetic reconnection in collisionless plasma is studied for understanding sawtooth collapse in tokamak discharges by using a two-fluid model for cold ions and…
physics.plasm-ph2012★ 2 cited
Nonlinear Acceleration Mechanism of Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection
M. Hirota, P. J. Morrison, Y. Ishii +2
A mechanism for fast magnetic reconnection in collisionless plasma is studied for understanding sawtooth collapse in tokamak discharges. Nonlinear growth of the tearing mode driven…