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A weakly nonlinear Alfvénic pulse in a transversely inhomogeneous medium
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Tsiklauri, D., Arber, T. D. and Nakariakov, V. M. (Valery M.) (2001) A weakly nonlinear Alfvénic pulse in a transversely inhomogeneous medium. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.379 (No.3). pp. 1098-1105. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20011415 ISSN 0004-6361.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20011415
Abstract
The interaction of a weakly nonlinear Alfvénic pulse with an Alfvén speed inhomogeneity in the direction perpendicular to the magnetic field is investigated. Identical to the phase mixing experienced by a harmonic Alfvén wave, sharp transverse gradients are generated in the pulse by the inhomogeneity. In the initial stage of the evolution of an initially plane Alfvénic pulse, the transverse gradients efficiently generate transversely propagating fast magnetoacoustic waves. However, high resolution full MHD numerical simulations of the developed stage of the pulse evolution show that the generation saturates due to destructive wave interference. It is shown that the weakly non-linear description of the generated fast magnetoacoustic wave is well described by the driven wave equation proposed in Nakariakov et al. (1997), and a simple numerical code (2D MacCromack), which solves it with minimal CPU resources, produces identical results to those obtained from the full MHD code (Lare2d, Arber et al. 2001). A parametric study of the phenomenon is undertaken, showing that, contrary to one's expectations, steeper inhomogeneities of the Alfvén speed do not produce higher saturation levels of the fast wave generation. There is a certain optimal gradient of the inhomogeneity that ensures the maximal efficiency of the fast wave generation.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Magnetohydrodynamic waves, Sun -- Corona, Solar activity | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Astronomy & Astrophysics | ||||
Publisher: | EDP Sciences | ||||
ISSN: | 0004-6361 | ||||
Official Date: | December 2001 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.379 | ||||
Number: | No.3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1098-1105 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361:20011415 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Funder: | Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (Great Britain) (PPARC) |
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