The effect of field-aligned density variations on time-dependent MHD wave coupling in the magnetotail

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Dec 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998jgr...10329445w&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 103, Issue A12, p. 29445-29454

Physics

Plasma Physics

Magnetospheric Physics: Mhd Waves And Instabilities, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetotail Boundary Layers, Space Plasma Physics: Wave/Wave Interactions, Space Plasma Physics: Kinetic And Mhd Theory

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We investigate linear MHD wave mode coupling in the cold plasma limit when the equilibrium density (ρ) varies along the equilibrium magnetic field (B). Our numerical simulations indicate that efficient fast/Alfvén mode coupling persists even when (B.∇)ρ≠0. The time-dependent picture we develop asymptotes to a normal mode for large t and also recovers the (B.∇)ρ=0 singularity qualitatively. When applied to waves in the magnetotail, we find that Alfvénic disturbances will have an extended structure across the magnetic field and that Alfvénic wave packets should be excited on plasma sheet boundary layer (PSBL) or mantle field lines. Alfvén waves driven on PSBL field lines are probably the most observable signature at Earth of wave coupling in the distant tail.

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