Filamentation instability of large-amplitude Alfven waves

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Sep 1988

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 93, Sept. 1, 1988, p. 9621-9627. MIT-supported research.

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Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Solar Wind, Circular Polarization, Magnetic Flux, Wave Scattering

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An instability that leads to the filamentation of large-amplitude Alfven waves and gives rise to purely growing density and magnetic field fluctuations is studied. The dispersion relation of the instability is derived, from which the threshold conditions and the growth rates of the instability are analyzed quantitatively for applications to the solar wind plasma. Their dependence on the filamentation spectrum, the plasma beta, and the pump frequency and intensity was examined for both right-hand and left-hand circularly polarized Alfven waves. The excitation of filamentation instability for certain cases of interest is discussed and compared with that of the parametric decay and modulation instability. The relevance of the proposed instability to some observations is discussed.

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