Curvature coupling of slow and Alfven MHD waves in a magnetotail field configuration

Details Curvature coupling of slow and Alfven MHD waves in a magnetotail field configuration Curvature coupling of slow and Alfven MHD waves in a magnetotail field configuration

Jan 1985

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Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 33, Jan. 1985, p. 127-134. Research supported by the Science and Engineering

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Geomagnetic Tail, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Propagation Modes, Space Plasmas, Coupled Modes, Curvature, Polarization (Waves), Vortices, Wave Propagation

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It is argued that in the short perpendicular wavelength limit the incompressible Alfven mode may be coupled to a compressional slow mode signal by background field inhomogeneity. The mechanism described here is entirely due to field curvature. It is proposed that such coupling could take place near the Equator in the terrestrial plasma sheet and be responsible for the hybrid nature of the polarization deduced for the vortices discovered by Hones and co-workers in the earth's magnetotail.

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