Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011jgra..11607209s&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 116, Issue A7, CiteID A07209
Physics
Plasma Physics
Interplanetary Physics: Mhd Waves And Turbulence (2752, 6050, 7836), Magnetospheric Physics: Mhd Waves And Instabilities (2149, 6050, 7836), Space Plasma Physics: Nonlinear Phenomena (4400, 6944), Space Plasma Physics: Solitons And Solitary Waves (4455)
Scientific paper
Large-amplitude magnetic pulsations on ion inertial length scales are often observed in space plasmas, but their theoretical explanation is still controversial. We discuss a possible mechanism, different from ideas based on the classical plasma instabilities, for the generation of these pulsations. It is demonstrated that a competition between dispersion and wave steepening processes can lead to the transformation of a large-scale magnetosonic structure into trains of solitons. This kind of longitudinal filamentation is possible for both slow and fast magnetosonic perturbations. Results of numerical simulations are compared with Cluster spacecraft measurements and show that the steepening filamentation mechanism can explain the emergence of a certain class of solitary waves observed in space plasmas.
Cheng C. Z.
Stasiewicz Krzysztof
Strumik Marek
Thidé Bo
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