The influence of the non-linear term, in the ionic polarization drift on solitary kinetic Alfven waves

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作者
Duan, SP [1 ]
Li, ZY [1 ]
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[1] Univ Sci & Technol China, Coll Earth & Space Sci, Hefei 230026, Peoples R China
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magnetohydrodynamics; waves;
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10.1016/S0275-1062(03)00065-1
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
It is shown that the nonlinear term in the ionic polarization drift has a non-negligible effect on the solitary kinetic Alfven waves (SKAW) of the rarefied type in low-beta plasmas (beta is the heat to magnetic energy ratio) i.e. the nonlinear term allows the existence of SKAW with both sub- and super-Alfvenic speeds in the low-beta regime. This result appears to be in good agreement with satellite observations of the magnetosphere.
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