Spontaneous disintegration of a noncylindrical jet emitted from the liquid surface unstable against self-charge

Abstract

A dispersion relation for waves on the surface of a charged viscous incompressible conducting liquid jet with an arbitrary azimuthal number is derived. It is shown that the influence of deformation on the growth rate and wavenumber of the most unstable mode varies according to the sign of local deformation relative to the cylindrical jet (the locality is specified by the wavelength), azimuthal number, and electric charge per unit length of the jet. This circumstance should be taken into account to comprehend conditions of liquid spontaneous electrodispersion.