Effect of the magnetic field curvature on the generation of zonal flows by drift-Alfvén waves

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 407-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Mikhailovskii ◽  
E. A. Kovalishen ◽  
M. S. Shirokov ◽  
V. S. Tsypin ◽  
R. M. O. Galvão
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Alfven Waves ◽  
Alfvén Waves ◽  
Zonal Flows ◽  
Field Curvature ◽  
The Magnetic Field

Concerning the Dynamics of Energetic Protons in Coronal Magnetic Loops: Dispersion Effects of Alfven Waves

1985 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 559-559
Author(s):  
V. A. Mazur ◽  
A. V. Stepanov
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Wave Dispersion ◽  
Alfven Waves ◽  
Alfven Wave ◽  
Wave Number ◽  
Alfvén Waves ◽  
Coronal Loops ◽  
Coronal Magnetic Loops ◽  
The Magnetic Field ◽  
Solar Coronal

It is shown that the existence of plasma density inhomogeneities (ducts) elongated along the magnetic field in coronal loops, and of Alfven wave dispersion, associated with the taking into account of gyrotropy U ≡ ω/ωi ≪ 1 (Leonovich et al., 1983), leads to the possibility of a quasi-longitudinal k⊥ < √U k‖ propagation (wave guiding) of Alfven waves. Here ω is the frequency of Alfven waves, ωi is the proton gyrofrequency, and k is the wave number. It is found that with the parameter ξ = ω2 R/ωi A > 1, where R is the inhomogeneity scale of a loop across the magnetic field, and A is the Alfven wave velocity, refraction of Alfven waves does not lead, as contrasted to Wentzel's inference (1976), to the waves going out of the regime of quasi-longitudinal propagation. As the result, the amplification of Alfven waves in solar coronal loops can be important. A study is made of the cyclotron instability of Alfven waves under solar coronal conditions.

scholarly journals Alfvén Waves in Dusty Interstellar Clouds

1997 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. F. Cramer ◽  
S. V. Vladimirov
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Negative Charge ◽  
Alfven Waves ◽  
Dust Particles ◽  
Alfvén Waves ◽  
Interstellar Clouds ◽  
General Dispersion ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Magnetic Field ◽  
Field Wave

AbstractDust particles in a plasma can be higWy charged, and can carry a proportion of the negative charge of the plasma. Even if this proportion is quite small, as in interstellar dusty clouds, it can have a large effect on hydromagnetic Alfvén waves propagating at frequencies well below the ion–cyclotron frequency. In particular, the right-hand circularly polarised mode experiences a cutoff due to the presence of the dust. We generalise previous work on Alfvén waves in dusty interstellar plasmas by considering the general dispersion relation for waves propagating at an arbitrary angle with respect to the magnetic field. Wave energy propagating at oblique angles to the magnetic field in an increasing density gradient can be very efficiently damped by the Alfvén resonance absorption process in a dusty plasma, and we consider this damping mechanism for waves in interstellar clouds.

scholarly journals Concerning the Dynamics of Energetic Protons in Coronal Magnetic Loops: Dispersion Effects of Alfven Waves

1985 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 559-559
Author(s):  
V. A. Mazur ◽  
A. V. Stepanov
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Wave Dispersion ◽  
Alfven Waves ◽  
Alfven Wave ◽  
Wave Number ◽  
Alfvén Waves ◽  
Coronal Loops ◽  
Coronal Magnetic Loops ◽  
The Magnetic Field ◽  
Solar Coronal

It is shown that the existence of plasma density inhomogeneities (ducts) elongated along the magnetic field in coronal loops, and of Alfven wave dispersion, associated with the taking into account of gyrotropy U ≡ ω/ωi ≪ 1 (Leonovich et al., 1983), leads to the possibility of a quasi-longitudinal k⊥ < √U k‖ propagation (wave guiding) of Alfven waves. Here ω is the frequency of Alfven waves, ωi is the proton gyrofrequency, and k is the wave number. It is found that with the parameter ξ = ω2 R/ωi A > 1, where R is the inhomogeneity scale of a loop across the magnetic field, and A is the Alfven wave velocity, refraction of Alfven waves does not lead, as contrasted to Wentzel's inference (1976), to the waves going out of the regime of quasi-longitudinal propagation. As the result, the amplification of Alfven waves in solar coronal loops can be important. A study is made of the cyclotron instability of Alfven waves under solar coronal conditions.

A note on the modulational instability of long Alfvén waves parallel to the magnetic field

1978 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Einar Mjølhus
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Inverse Scattering ◽  
Modulational Instability ◽  
Alfven Waves ◽  
Alfvén Waves ◽  
Stable Case ◽  
Unstable Case ◽  
Modulational Stability ◽  
Limiting Case ◽  
The Magnetic Field

An amplitude dependent criterion for modulational stability of long Alfvén waves parallel to the magnetic field is interpreted in terms of a recently obtained inverse scattering solution to the modified nonlinear Schrödinger equation. It is found that the solitons formed are of two types. In the strongly unstable case, normal solitons are formed. In the transition region of weakly unstable and stable cases, the anomalous type, which in a limiting case becomes the algebraic soliton, dominates. In the strongly stable case, no solitons are formed.

scholarly journals On the coronal heating mechanism by the resonant absorption of Alfven waves

1993 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 811-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Y. Alkahby
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Resonant Absorption ◽  
Alfven Waves ◽  
Alfvén Waves ◽  
Heating Process ◽  
Oscillatory Process ◽  
Horizontal Magnetic Field ◽  
Resonance Frequencies ◽  
Isothermal Atmosphere ◽  
The Magnetic Field

In this paper, we will investigate the heating of the solar corona by the resonant absorption of Alfven waves in a viscous and isothermal atmosphere permeated by a horizontal magnetic field. It is shown that if the viscosity dominates the motion in a high (low)-βplasma, it creates an absorbing and reflecting layer and the heating process is acoustic (magnetoacoustic). When the magnetic field dominates the oscillatory process it creates a non-absorbing reflecting layer. Consequently, the heating process is magnetohydrodynamic. An equation for resonance is derived. It shows that resonances may occur for many values of the frequency and of the magnetic field if the wavelength is matched with the strength of the magnetic field. At the resonance frequencies, magnetic and kinetic energies will increase to very large values which may account for the heating process. When the motion is dominated by the combined effects of the viscosity and the magnetic field, the nature of the reflecting layer and the magnitude of the reflection coefficient depend on the relative strengths of the magnetic field and the viscosity.

scholarly journals Generation and propagation of Alfvén waves in solar atmosphere

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (S257) ◽  
pp. 555-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuri T. Tsap ◽  
Alexander V. Stepanov ◽  
Yulia. G. Kopylova
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Cutoff Frequency ◽  
Alfven Waves ◽  
Alfvén Waves ◽  
Flux Tubes ◽  
Convective Motions ◽  
Magnetic Flux Tubes ◽  
The Magnetic Field ◽  
Lower Chromosphere

AbstractThe propagation of Alfvén waves from the photosphere into the corona with regard to the fine structure of the magnetic field is considered. The energy flux of Alfvén–type waves generated in the photosphere by convective motions does not depend on the ionization ratio. The reflection coefficient continuously decreases with a decrease of wave period. Influence of the external magnetic field on the Spruit cutoff frequency for transverse (kink) modes excited in the thin magnetic flux tubes is analyzed. Torsional modes can penetrate into the upper atmosphere most effectively since their amplitudes does not increase with height in the photosphere while kink ones can be transformed into shock waves in the lower chromosphere because of a significant increase of amplitudes. In spite of stratification the linearity of Alfvén–type modes in the chromosphere is conserved due to violation of the WKB approximation. The important role of the magnetic canopy is discussed. Alfvén waves generated by convective motions in the photosphere can contribute significantly to the heating of the coronal plasma in quite regions of the Sun.

On Alfvén wave propagation along a circle on dipolar coordinates

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. B. C. Campos ◽  
M. J. S. Silva ◽  
F. Moleiro
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Wave Equation ◽  
Alfven Waves ◽  
Alfven Wave ◽  
Alfvén Waves ◽  
Far Field ◽  
Perturbation Spectrum ◽  
The Magnetic Field ◽  
Zero Frequency ◽  
Conformal Coordinates

The multipolar representation of the magnetic field has, for the lowest-order term, a magnetic dipole that dominates the far field. Thus the far-field representation of the magnetic field of the Earth, Sun and other celestial bodies is a dipole. Since these bodies consist of or are surrounded by plasma, which can support Alfvén waves, their propagation along dipole magnetic field lines is considered using a new coordinate system: dipolar coordinates. The present paper introduces multipolar coordinates, which are an example of conformal coordinates; conformal coordinates are orthogonal with equal scale factors, and can be extended from the plane to space, for instance as cylindrical or spherical dipolar coordinates. The application considered is to Alfvén waves propagating along a circle, that is a magnetic field line of a dipole, with transverse velocity and magnetic field perturbations; the various forms of the wave equation are linear second-order differential equations, with variable coefficients, specified by a background magnetic field, which is force free. The absence of a background magnetic force leads to a mean state of hydrostatic equilibrium, specified by the balance of gravity against the pressure gradient, for a perfect gas or incompressible liquid. The wave equation is simplified to a Gaussian hypergeometric type in the case of zero frequency, otherwise, for non-zero frequency, an extended Gaussian hypergeometric equation is obtained. The solution of the latter specifies the magnetic field perturbation spectrum, and also, via a polarisation relation, the velocity perturbation spectrum; both are plotted, over half a circle, for three values of the dimensionless frequency.

scholarly journals On the reflection of Alfvén waves in an ideal magnetoatmosphere

1998 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-386
Author(s):  
Hadi Yahya Alkahby ◽  
M. A. Mahrous
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Reflection Coefficient ◽  
Linear Combination ◽  
Alfven Waves ◽  
Magnetic Pressure ◽  
Critical Layer ◽  
Alfvén Waves ◽  
Heating Mechanism ◽  
Restoring Forces ◽  
The Magnetic Field

A lineafized theory ofmagnetoatmospheric waves is developed where the restoring forces are those of compressibility and magnetic pressure. An equation for resonance is derived. Reflection and tunneling of upward propagating Alfvén waves in an ideal Magnetoatmosphere are considered. It is shown that the magnetic field produces a reflecting nonabsorbing critical layer. Below the critical layer, the solution of the problem can be written as a linear combination of an upward and a downward propagating wave and above it the solution decays exponentially with the altitude. The location of the critical layer and the magnitude of the reflection coefficient are determined and the conclusions are discussed in cormeetion with the heating mechanism of the solar atmosphere

Guided propagation of Alfvén waves in the magnetosphere

1967 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Fejer ◽  
Kaifong Lee
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Line Source ◽  
Cold Plasma ◽  
Alfven Waves ◽  
Alfvén Waves ◽  
Finite Width ◽  
Radiated Power ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Guided Propagation ◽  
The Magnetic Field

The guided propagation of Alfvén waves in a cold plasma is discussed from several points of view. First the field of a line source is calculated at infinity. This calculation leads to a divergence in the radiated power in two directions forming very small angles with the magnetic field.The divergence is removed if the line source is replaced by a strip source of finite width. It is shown that propagation from a strip source only a few kilo-metres wide is strongly guided by the magnetic field, with almost no spreading, along a field line extending up to, say, 4 earth radii for wave periods of about 100 sec.

scholarly journals Reflection and dissipation of oblique Alfvén waves in an isothermal atmosphere

1999 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hadi Yahya Alkahby ◽  
M. A. Mahrous
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Transition Region ◽  
Solar Atmosphere ◽  
Alfven Waves ◽  
Alfvén Waves ◽  
Heating Mechanism ◽  
Downward Propagation ◽  
Isothermal Atmosphere ◽  
The Magnetic Field

In this article, we investigate the combined effects of viscosity and Ohmic electrical conductivity on upward and downward propagation oblique Alfvén waves in an isothermal atmosphere. It is shown that the presence and direction of the magnetic field play an important role in the structure and the heating mechanism of solar atmosphere. In addition, the atmosphere can be divided into two distinct regions connected by a transition region. In the lower region, the solution can be written as a linear combination of an upward and a downward propagation wave with unequal wavelengths. In the upper region, the solution decays exponentially with the altitude. Moreover, the magnetic field creates a reflecting and a non-absorbing transition region. On the contrary, the viscosity and Ohmic electrical conductivity produce a reflecting and an absorbing transition region. The nature of the transition region depends on the relative strength of the viscous diffusivity with respect to the resistive diffusivity and on the direction of the magnetic field. A unique solution is determined. The reflection coefficient and damping factors are derived and the conclusions are discussed in connection with the nature of the heating mechanism of the solar atmosphere.

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