Physics
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Dec 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982mnras.201.1171r&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 201, Dec. 1982, p. 1171-1182. Research supported by the Science and Eng
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Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Nonuniform Plasmas, Solar Physics, Wave Propagation, Coronal Loops, Differential Equations, Eikonal Equation, Photosphere, Plasma Heating, Plasma Resonance, Propagation Modes
Scientific paper
The propagation of MHD waves in inhomogeneous plasmas is discussed using both the eikonal and differential equation approaches. The cusp resonance, which arises in a compressible plasma, and has been largely ignored in the literature, is discussed in some detail. Resonant heating may take place at those locations where the phase-speed of an incident wave matches the local Alfven or cusp speeds. The Alfven resonance can only be excited by wave tunnelling, whereas the cusp resonance is excited by propagating slow waves. Cusp resonance by slow waves may therefore be important as a means of heating the solar corona.
Rae I. C.
Roberts Barney B.
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