A search for evidence of the evolution of rotational discontinuities in the solar wind from nonlinear Alfven waves

Details A search for evidence of the evolution of rotational discontinuities in the solar wind from nonlinear Alfven waves A search for evidence of the evolution of rotational discontinuities in the solar wind from nonlinear Alfven waves

Jan 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jgr....95...13n&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 95, Jan. 1, 1990, p. 13-20.

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Discontinuity, Interplanetary Medium, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Solar Wind, Solitary Waves, Magnetic Flux, Plasma Density, Polarized Electromagnetic Radiation

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Results are presented of a study designed to confirm the suspected relation between Alfven solitons (steepened Afven waves) and rotational discontinuities (RDs) in the solar wind. The ISEE 3 data were used to search for the predicted correlations between the beta value of plasma, the sense of polarization of the discontinuity, and changes of the magnetic field strength and plasma density across the discontinuity. No statistically significant evidence was found for the evolution of RDs from Alfven solitons. A possibility is suggested that the observations made could have been far from the regions in which the RDs were formed.

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