Kinetic Alfven waves on auroral field lines

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Nov 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984p%26ss...32.1387g&link_type=abstract

(International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Symposium on Theory and Modelling of Hydromagnetic Waves, Hamburg, West

Physics

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Auroral Arcs, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Space Plasmas, Wave Propagation, Electric Fields, Particle Acceleration, Solitary Waves, Wave Reflection

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It is suggested on the basis of several observations of Alfven waves near auroral arcs that kinetic Alfven waves play a significant role in the process of particle acceleration. The characteristic properties of kinetic Alfven waves are summarized according to the theoretical classifications provided by Hasegawa and Mima (1979). The resonant coupling of large-scale surface waves to kinetic Alfven waves is also discussed. It is shown that kinetic Alfven waves can explain observations of what have previously been known as 'electrostatic' shocks.

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