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Modulational instability of finite-amplitude Alfvén waves

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It is shown that a recent conclusion of Shivamaggi that ‘the modulational instability of finite amplitude Alfvén waves arises when the density cavity travels at subsonic speeds’, is incorrect.

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  1. N. N. Rao

    Present address: Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, F.R.G.

    N. N. Rao & P. K. Shukla

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Rao, N.N., Shukla, P.K. Modulational instability of finite-amplitude Alfvén waves. Astrophys Space Sci 127, 179–180 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00637773

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