Finite-amplitude solitary Alfvén waves in a low-beta plasma
Abstract
An exact nonlinear Alfvén wave in a low-β plasma is investigated. Both super-and sub-Alfvénic rarefactive solitons are found to exist depending upon the angle of inclination of the propagation vector to the magnetic field.
- Publication:
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Journal of Plasma Physics
- Pub Date:
- April 1986
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0022377800011326
- Bibcode:
- 1986JPlPh..35..267K
- Keywords:
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- Beta Factor;
- Plasma Waves;
- Solitary Waves;
- Existence Theorems;
- Magnetic Fields;
- Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling;
- Propagation Velocity;
- Rarefied Plasmas;
- Space Plasmas;
- Plasma Physics