Nonlinear interaction of kinetic Alfvén waves and ion acoustic waves in coronal loops

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 052304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prachi Sharma ◽  
Nitin Yadav ◽  
R. P. Sharma
1994 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Ghosh ◽  
K. P. Das

Starting from a set of equations that lead to a linear dispersion relation coupling kinetic Alfvén waves and ion-acoustic waves, three-dimensional KdV equations are derived for these waves. These equations are then used to investigate the three-dimensional stability of solitary kinetic Alfvén waves and ion-acoustic waves by the small-k perturbation expansion method of Rowlands and Infeld. For kinetic Alfvén waves it is found that there is instability if the direction of the plane-wave perturbation lies inside a cone, and the growth rate of the instability attains a maximum when the direction of the perturbation lies in the plane containing the external magnetic field and the direction of propagation of the solitary wave.


1981 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 753-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
R W B Best ◽  
A J D Lambert

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