The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at the magnetopause as a possible wave-energy source in the earth's magnetosphere

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Dec 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986ge%26ae..26..952m&link_type=abstract

Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiia (ISSN 0016-7940), vol. 26, Nov.-Dec. 1986, p. 952-957. In Russian.

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Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, Magnetopause, Magnetospheric Instability, Plasma Dynamics, Wave Propagation, Boundary Layer Stability, Energy Transfer

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Wave disturbances at the magnetospheric boundary layer are analyzed, and it is shown that at this boundary there may be generated a Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of supersonic disturbances which are weakly damped as they propagate into the magnetosphere. An expression for the wave energy flux density in a moving plasma with a magnetic field is obtained, and the magnitude and direction of this flux are calculated for wave disturbances generated at the magnetopause.

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