Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992soph..139..279m&link_type=abstract
Solar Physics (ISSN 0038-0938), vol. 139, no. 2, June 1992, p. 279-297. Research supported by SERC.
Physics
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Boussinesq Approximation, Digital Simulation, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Solar Corona, Wave Propagation, Burger Equation, Linear Polarization, Lorentz Force, Solar Magnetic Field
Scientific paper
The nonlinear propagation of the Alfven and magnetosonic waves in the solar corona is investigated in terms of model equations. Due to viscous effects taken into account the propagation of the fast wave itself is governed by Burgers type equations possessing both expansion and compression shock solutions. Numerical simulations show that both parallelly and perpendicularly propagating fast waves can steepen into shocks if their amplitudes are in excess of some sizeable fraction of the Alfven velocity. However, if the magnetic field changes linearly in the perpendicular direction, then formation of perpendicular shocks can be hindered. The Alfven waves exhibit a tendency to drive both the slow and fast magnetosonic waves whose propagation is described by linearized Boussinesq type equations with ponderomotive terms due to the Alfven wave. The limits of the slow and fast waves are investigated.
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