Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....9813523y&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A8, p. 13,523-13,528.
Physics
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Field Aligned Currents, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Polarization (Charge Separation), Shock Waves, Vorticity, Earth Magnetosphere, Magnetic Field Configurations, Wave Propagation
Scientific paper
The MHD vorticity equation is modified in order to apply it to nonlinear MHD fast waves or shocks when their extent along the magnetic field is limited. Field-aligned current (FAC) generation is also discussed on the basis of this modified vorticity equation. When the wave normal is not aligned to the finite velocity convection and the source region is spatially limited, a longitudinal polarization causes a pair of plus and minus charges inside the compressional plane waves or shocks, generating a pair of FACs. This polarization is not related to the separation between the electrons and ions caused by their difference in mass, a separation which is inherent to compressional waves. The resultant double field-aligned current structure exists both with and without the contributions from curvature drift, which is questionable in terms of its contribution to vorticity change from the viewpoint of single-particle motion.
Lui Anthony Tat Yin
Lundin Richard
Yamauchi Makoto
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