Two-Mode Structure of Alfvén Surface Waves

Uberoi, C and Somasundaram, K (1982) Two-Mode Structure of Alfvén Surface Waves. In: Physical Review Letters, 49 (1). pp. 39-42.

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Abstract

The Alfvén surface waves propagating along a viscous conducting fluid-vacuum interface have been studied. It is found that besides the "ordinary" Alfvén surface waves, modified by viscosity effects, the interface can support a second mode which is the over-damped solution of the dispersion equation. The possibility of observation of a two-mode structure of Alfvén surface waves in the laboratory and in the solar coronal plasmas is discussed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physical Review Letters
Publisher:	The American Physical Society
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to the American Physical Society.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics
Date Deposited:	23 Dec 2009 10:49
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:44
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/23064

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