Scattering of ion-cyclotron Alfven waves by drift waves in a collisional plasma

Details Scattering of ion-cyclotron Alfven waves by drift waves in a collisional plasma Scattering of ion-cyclotron Alfven waves by drift waves in a collisional plasma

May 1988

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Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 36, May 1988, p. 499-502.

Physics

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Collisional Plasmas, Ion Cyclotron Radiation, Ionospheric Drift, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Polar Regions, Wave Scattering, Extremely Low Frequencies, Ionospheric Heating, Resistance Heating, Thermal Instability

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The temporal modulation of ion-cyclotron Alfven waves by extremely low-frequency resistive drift waves is considered. It is argued that in a collisional plasma the contribution of the Joule heating nonlinearity would far exceed that of the usual ponderomotive force. An expression for the growth rate of the thermal modulational instability is presented. The relevance of the present study to the lower part of the ionosphere is pointed out.

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