Global limits on kinetic Alfvénon speed in quasineutral plasmas

Details Global limits on kinetic Alfvénon speed in quasineutral plasmas Global limits on kinetic Alfvénon speed in quasineutral plasmas

2011-03-28

arxiv.org/abs/1103.5372v1

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Plasma Physics

To be published in Physics of Plasmas

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Large amplitude kinetic Alfv\'{e}non (exact Alfv\'{e}n soliton) matching condition is investigated in quasineutral electron-ion and electron-positron-ion plasmas immersed in a uniform magnetic field. Using the standard pseudopotential method, the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations are exactly solved and a global allowed matching condition for propagation of kinetic solitary waves is derived. It is remarked that, depending on the plasma parameters, the kinetic solitons can be sub- or super-Alfv\'{e}nic, in general. It is further revealed that, either upper or lower soliton speed-limit is independent of fractional plasma parameters. Furthermore, the soliton propagation angle with respect to that of the uniform magnetic field is found to play a fundamental role in controlling the soliton matching speed-range.

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