Mode conversion of Alfvén waves

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Dec 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agufmsm51a0800w&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001, abstract #SM51A-0800

Physics

7831 Laboratory Studies, 7835 Magnetic Reconnection, 7871 Waves And Instabilities

Scientific paper

Alfvén waves are ubiquitous in space plasmas, influencing the dynamics of, for example, solar flares and magnetospheric reconnection. To better understand the role of the waves we have undertaken a program to study these waves in the laboratory. The eventual goal of the α lpha experiment is to study magnetic reconnection and the associated Alfvénic shock structure. We present results from studies of shear waves in a high-density, highly ionized helicon plasma. We see evidence of shear wave propagation in accordance with theoretical predictions, and evidence of mode conversion to compressional Alfvén waves. We present these results and a discussion of the applicability to magnetospheric plasmas. >http://existential.nmt.edu/research/plasma/basic/

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