A note on the stability and evolution of whistler waves

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Mar 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jgr....81.1413s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 81, Mar. 1, 1976, p. 1413, 1414.

Physics

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Amplitude Modulation, Frequency Modulation, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Solitary Waves, Whistlers, Carrier Waves, Frequency Shift, Mach Number, Solar Wind, Wave Equations, Wave Packets

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The stability of whistler waves against modulations arising from long-wavelength density perturbations is analyzed. The formation of whistler solitons and their stability are discussed. It is shown that supersonic and subsonic whistlers are modulationally unstable in certain frequency ranges. An analysis which includes perpendicular amplitude perturbations reveals that one-dimensional whistler solitons are unstable, so that a possible final state may be reached only after multidimensional collapse. The results presented, especially those for Mach number less than unity, may be applicable in the solar wind.

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