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The equation of small oscillations of ULF waves in the Earth’s magnetosphere is derived accounting for a fast magnetosonic wave. The spectrum of discrete Alfven modes near the Alfven frequency minimum is studied on the basis of this equation.
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Original Russian Text © S.O. Cheremnykh, I.T. Zhuk, 2017, published in Kinematika i Fizika Nebesnykh Tel, 2017, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 38–54.
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Cheremnykh, S.O., Zhuk, I.T. Discrete ULF modes in the Earth’s magnetosphere near the Alfven frequency minimum. Kinemat. Phys. Celest. Bodies 33, 13–23 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0884591317010020
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