Abstract
The capillary instability of a liquid crystalline cylinder in magnetic field is considered using an energy approach. The boundary problem is solved in the linear approximation of the anisotropy χ a of the magnetic susceptibility χ. The effect of anisotropy, in the region 1 ≫ | χ | > | χ a | ≫ χ 2 , can be strong enough to counteract and even reverse the tendency of the field to enhance stabilization by enlarging the cutoff wave number k s beyond the conventional one set by Rayleigh.
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