Discontinuities and the magnetospheric phenomena

Details Discontinuities and the magnetospheric phenomena Discontinuities and the magnetospheric phenomena

Sep 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978jatp...40..991r&link_type=abstract

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, vol. 40, Sept. 1978, p. 991-1000.

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Earth Magnetosphere, Plasma Waves, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Solar Wind, Wave Propagation, Collisionless Plasmas, Magnetoacoustic Waves, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves

Scientific paper

The relation between wave coupling at contact discontinuities and the transmission of waves from the solar wind into the magnetosphere is considered, and a theoretical study is presented of wave coupling across a contact discontinuity in a collisionless plasma. The plasma is described by a set of double adiabatic fluid equations derived by Chew, Goldberger, and Low (1956), and the magnetic field is taken normal to the interface. It is shown that total reflection is not possible for any angle of incidence and that the Alfven and the magneto-acoustic waves are not coupled.

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