Electrostatic Rossby-type ion plasma waves

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Feb 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988jplph..39..103m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Plasma Physics (ISSN 0022-3778), vol. 39, Feb. 1988, p. 103-114. Research supported by the Council for Scientific and

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Electrostatic Waves, Magnetic Fields, Planetary Waves, Plasma Waves, Rossby Regimes, Wave Propagation, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Coriolis Effect, Electric Fields, Lorentz Force, Planetary Rotation, Rotating Fluids

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The properties of Rossby-type wave modes (drift waves), which arise in a magnetized plasma when there is a backround-magnetic-field gradient perpendicular to the line of magnetic-field action and the electric-field perturbations are electrostatic, are investigated analytically. The general equations for electrostatic plasma waves including the beta effect are derived; expressions for low-frequency Rossby-type waves are obtained; and wavenumber diagrams and three-dimensional wavenumber surfaces are provided. The waves are shown to exist in the case of sheared magnetic fields, and the validity of the analogy to atmospheric or oceanic Rossby waves is established. Strong coupling between classical and ion-cyclotron-acoustic modes of the Rossby-type waves is predicted.

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