Nonlinear Alfven Wave Propagation in the Solar Wind

1996 ◽  
Vol 465 ◽  
pp. 451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.-T. Lau ◽  
E. Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Alfven Wave

Resonances in submillimetric Alfvén wave propagation in Bismuth

1967 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 719-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.L. Carter ◽  
J.C. Picard
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Alfven Wave

Kinetic Alfven wave propagation in cylindrical Tokamak

1982 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 1027-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
S -I Itoh ◽  
K Itoh ◽  
K Nishikawa
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Alfven Wave ◽  
Kinetic Alfvén Wave ◽  
Kinetic Alfven Wave

Alfvén wave propagation in a partially ionized plasma

2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1358-1365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Watts ◽  
Jeremy Hanna
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Alfven Wave ◽  
Partially Ionized

scholarly journals Observations of polar patches generated by solar wind Alfvén wave coupling to the dayside magnetosphere

1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Prikryl ◽  
J. W. MacDougall ◽  
I. F. Grant ◽  
D. P. Steele ◽  
G. J. Sofko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Alfven Waves ◽  
Alfven Wave ◽  
Alfvén Waves ◽  
Convection Cell ◽  
Convection Flow ◽  
Vhf Radar ◽  
Sky Imager ◽  
The Imf

Abstract. A long series of polar patches was observed by ionosondes and an all-sky imager during a disturbed period (Kp = 7- and IMF Bz < 0). The ionosondes measured electron densities of up to 9 × 1011 m-3 in the patch center, an increase above the density minimum between patches by a factor of \\sim4.5. Bands of F-region irregularities generated at the equatorward edge of the patches were tracked by HF radars. The backscatter bands were swept northward and eastward across the polar cap in a fan-like formation as the afternoon convection cell expanded due to the IMF By > 0. Near the north magnetic pole, an all-sky imager observed the 630-nm emission patches of a distinctly band-like shape drifting northeastward to eastward. The 630-nm emission patches were associated with the density patches and backscatter bands. The patches originated in, or near, the cusp footprint where they were formed by convection bursts (flow channel events, FCEs) structuring the solar EUV-produced photoionization and the particle-produced auroral/cusp ionization by segmenting it into elongated patches. Just equatorward of the cusp footprint Pc5 field line resonances (FLRs) were observed by magnetometers, riometers and VHF/HF radars. The AC electric field associated with the FLRs resulted in a poleward-progressing zonal flow pattern and backscatter bands. The VHF radar Doppler spectra indicated the presence of steep electron density gradients which, through the gradient drift instability, can lead to the generation of the ionospheric irregularities found in patches. The FLRs and FCEs were associated with poleward-progressing DPY currents (Hall currents modulated by the IMF By) and riometer absorption enhancements. The temporal and spatial characteristics of the VHF backscatter and associated riometer absorptions closely resembled those of poleward moving auroral forms (PMAFs). In the solar wind, IMP 8 observed large amplitude Alfvén waves that were correlated with Pc5 pulsations observed by the ground magnetometers, riometers and radars. It is concluded that the FLRs and FCEs that produced patches were driven by solar wind Alfvén waves coupling to the dayside magnetosphere. During a period of southward IMF the dawn-dusk electric field associated with the Alfvén waves modulated the subsolar magnetic reconnection into pulses that resulted in convection flow bursts mapping to the ionospheric footprint of the cusp.Key words. Ionosphere (polar ionosphere). Magneto- spheric physics (magnetosphere-ionosphere interactions; polar wind-magnetosphere interactions).

Chaotic dynamics of large-amplitude alfvén-wave trains in the solar wind.

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 771-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.A. Borotto ◽  
A.C.-L. Chian ◽  
A.L.C. Gonzalez ◽  
W.D. Gonzalez ◽  
B.T. Tsurutani
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Large Amplitude ◽  
Chaotic Dynamics ◽  
Alfven Wave ◽  
Wave Trains

scholarly journals Alfvén wave propagation and dissipation in a 3D-structured compressible plasma

2003 ◽  
Vol 412 (2) ◽  
pp. 529-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Malara ◽  
M. F. De Franceschis ◽  
P. Veltri
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Alfven Wave ◽  
Compressible Plasma
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