Nonlinear magnetoacoustic waves in a cold plasma

Details Nonlinear magnetoacoustic waves in a cold plasma Nonlinear magnetoacoustic waves in a cold plasma

2006-07-26

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0607237v1

J. Plasma Physics 73 (4) 543-54 (2007)

Physics

Plasma Physics

9 pages, 1 figure, to appear in J. Plasma Phys

Scientific paper

10.1017/S0022377806004818

The equations describing planar magnetoacoustic waves of permanent form in a cold plasma are rewritten so as to highlight the presence of a naturally small parameter equal to the ratio of the electron and ion masses. If the magnetic field is not nearly perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation, this allows us to use a multiple-scale expansion to demonstrate the existence and nature of nonlinear wave solutions. Such solutions are found to have a rapid oscillation of constant amplitude superimposed on the underlying large-scale variation. The approximate equations for the large-scale variation are obtained by making an adiabatic approximation and in one limit, new explicit solitary pulse solutions are found. In the case of a perpendicular magnetic field, conditions for the existence of solitary pulses are derived. Our results are consistent with earlier studies which were restricted to waves having a velocity close to that of long-wavelength linear magnetoacoustic waves.

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