A mixed magnetohydrodynamic-kinetic theory of low-frequency waves and instabilities in stratified, gyrotropic, two-component plasmas

Details A mixed magnetohydrodynamic-kinetic theory of low-frequency waves and instabilities in stratified, gyrotropic, two-component plasmas A mixed magnetohydrodynamic-kinetic theory of low-frequency waves and instabilities in stratified, gyrotropic, two-component plasmas

Jul 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003jgra..108.1308f&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, Volume 108, Issue A7, pp. SMP 24-1, CiteID 1308, DOI 10.1029/2003JA009883

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Plasma Physics

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Space Plasma Physics: Waves And Instabilities, Magnetospheric Physics: Planetary Magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6030), Planetology: Fluid Planets: Magnetospheres (2756), Magnetospheric Physics: Mhd Waves And Instabilities

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We study low-frequency waves and instabilities in collisionless plasmas characterized by a gyrotropic (P ⊥ ≠ P ∥) thermal pressure and embedded in a magnetized, stratified, and rotating environment. We consider only small-scale perturbations (with a wavelength that is short compared with the stratification scale height), and we make the restrictive assumption that the equilibrium parameters are invariant along magnetic field lines. In addition, we focus on two-component ion-electron plasmas, deferring the treatment of multicomponent plasmas to a companion paper. Our approach is not pure magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) but instead a mixture of MHD and kinetics, insofar as all our equations are fluid except the equations of state for P ⊥ and P ∥, whose perturbed expression is deduced from the Vlasov equation. The emphasis of the paper is laid on the so-called quasi-interchange modes, i.e., the modes on which stratification has a significant impact. After showing that these modes consist of the Alfvén, slow, and mirror modes at nearly perpendicular wave vectors, we investigate the question of their stability in a nonrotating system.

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