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Reflection of Alfven waves and plasma turbulization in solar corona

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The continuous reflection of Alfven waves in the coronae of the Sun and stars is considered. Based on the WKB approximation, the solution to the linear wave equation in the case of a stratified isothermal atmosphere has been obtained. A critical analysis of results obtained by Ferraro and Plumpton (1958) and Hollweg (1972), as well as the relations in the Elsasser variables has been carried out. It has been shown that Alfven disturbances do not undergo a continuous reflection within the accepted model and are transformed into intermediate-type modes that possess the properties of vibrations and travelling waves. The problem of the turbulization of corona plasma is discussed. The origin of the Alfven waves that propagate toward the Sun is related to the development of parametric instability.

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Original Russian Text © Yu.T. Tsap, 2012, published in Izvestiya Krymskoi Astrofizicheskoi Observatorii, 2012, Vol. 108, pp. 71–78.

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Tsap, Y.T. Reflection of Alfven waves and plasma turbulization in solar corona. Bull.Crim. Astrophys. Observ. 108, 46–51 (2012). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0190271712010226

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