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Formation of lower-...
Formation of lower-hybrid solitary structures by modulational interaction between lower-hybrid and dispersive Alfven waves
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- Hall, J. O. (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutet för rymdfysik, Uppsalaavdelningen
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- Stenberg, Gabriella (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutet för rymdfysik, Uppsalaavdelningen
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- Eriksson, Anders (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutet för rymdfysik, Uppsalaavdelningen
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- André, Mats (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutet för rymdfysik, Uppsalaavdelningen
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- 2009-03-02
- 2009
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Annales Geophysicae. - : Copernicus GmbH. - 0992-7689 .- 1432-0576. ; 27:3, s. 1027-1033
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Abstract
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- We investigate the possibility that lower-hybrid solitary structures (LHSS), which are frequently observed in the Earth's ionosphere and magnetosphere, are formed as a result of a modulational interaction between lower-hybrid and dispersive Alfven waves of initially small amplitude. A large amplitude lower-hybrid pump wave can excite density structures with length scales transverse to the geomagnetic field of the order of the ion gyroradius via a modulational instability. The structure formation in the nonlinear stage of the instability is investigated by numerical solutions of the governing equations, using plasma parameters relevant for LHSS observations in the upper ionosphere and in the magnetosphere. The numerical solutions reveal that the lower-hybrid waves become self-localized inside cylindrically symmetric (with respect to the ambient magnetic field) density cavities, in qualitative agreement with observations. Our model includes thermal electron effects but shows no stabilization at the ion sound gyroradius, suggesting that any preference of observed LHSS for that perpendicular scale likely is due to processes arresting the cavity collapse.
Ämnesord
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Space plasma physics
- Nonlinear phenomena
- Numerical simulation studies
- Wave-wave interactions
- Physics
- Fysik
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