Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Oct 2000
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WAVES IN DUSTY, SOLAR, AND SPACE PLASMAS. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 537, pp. 109-118 (2000).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Magnetohydrodynamics And Plasmas, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Magnetohydrodynamic And Fluid Equation
Scientific paper
The study of magnetohydrodynamic waves and instabilities of both laboratory and astrophysical plasmas has been conducted for many years starting from the assumption of static equilibrium. Recently, there is an outburst of interest for plasma states where this assumption is violated. In fusion research, this interest is due to the importance of neutral beam heating and pumped divertor action for the extraction of heat and exhaust needed in future tokamak reactors. Both result in rotation of the plasma with speeds that do not permit the assumption of static equilibrium anymore. In astrophysics, observations in the full range of electromagnetic radiation has revealed the primary importance of plasma flows in such diverse situations as coronal flux tubes, stellar winds, rotating accretion disks, and jets emitted from radio galaxies. These flows have speeds which substantially influence the background stationary equilibrium state, if such a state exists at all. Consequently, it is important to study both the stationary states of magnetized plasmas with flow and the waves and instabilities they exhibit. We will present new results along these lines, extending from the discovery of gaps in the continuous spectrum and low-frequency Alfvén waves driven by rotation to the nonlinear flow patterns that occur when the background speed traverses the full range from sub-slow to super-fast. The solutions obtained may bridge the gap between insights from linear and nonlinear analyses. .
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