Alfven wave resonances and flow induced by non-linear Alfven waves in a stratified atmosphere

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Jun 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995sowi.confr..66s&link_type=abstract

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, International Solar Wind 8 Conference, p. 66

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Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Plasma Resonance, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Wave Propagation, Wentzel-Kramer-Brillouin Method, Atmospheric Stratification, Nonlinearity, Time Dependence, Isothermal Processes, Damping, Density Distribution, Plasma Density, Wave Reflection

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A nonlinear, time-dependent, ideal MHD code has been developed and used to compute the flow induced by nonlinear Alfven waves propagating in an isothermal, stratified, plane-parallel atmosphere. The code is based on characteristic equations solved in a Lagrangian frame and is highly accurate. Results show that resonance behavior of Alfven waves exists in the presence of a continuous density gradient and that the waves with periods corresponding to resonant peaks exert considerably more force on the medium than off-resonance periods; this leads to enhanced flow. If only off-peak periods are considered, the relationship between the wave period and induced longitudinal velocity shows that short period WKB waves push more on the background medium than longer period, non-WKB, waves. The results also show the development of the longitudinal waves produced by the finite amplitude of the Alfven waves. The longitudinal wave becomes strong as the Alfven wave relative amplitude grows above 10 percent and will lead to strong damping of the Alfven waves.

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