On the propagation of hydromagnetic waves in a plasma of thermal and suprathermal components

Details On the propagation of hydromagnetic waves in a plasma of thermal and suprathermal components On the propagation of hydromagnetic waves in a plasma of thermal and suprathermal components

Dec 2007

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Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 312, Issue 3-4, pp. 193-202

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Mhd Waves, Cosmic Rays, Solar Wind, Magnetic Field, Thermal And Suprathermal Gases

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The propagation of MHD waves is studied when two ideal fluids, thermal and suprathermal gases, coupled by magnetic field are moving with the steady flow velocity. The fluids move independently in a direction perpendicular to the magnetic field but gets coupled along the field. Due to the presence of flow in suprathermal and thermal fluids there appears forward and backward waves. All the forward and backward modes propagate in such a way that their rate of change of phase speed with the thermal Mach number is same. It is also found that besides the usual hydromagnetic modes there appears a suprathermal mode which propagates with faster speed. Surface waves are also examined on an interface formed with composite plasma (suprathermal and thermal gases) on one side and the other is a non-magnetized plasma. In this case, the modes obtained are two or three depending on whether the sound velocity in thermal gas is equal to or greater than the sound velocity in suprathermal gas. The results lead to the conclusion that the interaction of thermal and suprathermal components may lead to the occurrence of an additional mode called suprathermal mode whose phase velocity is higher than all the other modes.

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