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Waves in an inhomogeneous plasma with Hall dispersion

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The evolution of steady-state periodic solutions of the Korteweg-de Vries equation (the socalled cnoidal waves), propagating along the direction of the gravitational force with an arbitrary orientation of the magnetic field, is studied for plasma characterized by Hall dispersion and Joule dissipation, using the magnetohydrodynamic approximation. The wavelength is regarded as much shorter than the characteristic scale of the inhomogeneity. The dependence of the wave amplitude on the distance to the source of the wave is considered for various limiting cases. The behavior of the wave depends on the temperature distribution in the medium. In the particular case of an isothermal atmosphere, the problem is solved analytically for a cold plasma in the absence of dissipation. The amplitude of both fast and slow waves increases when the wave travels upward and diminishes when the wave travels downward. The nonlinearity of the wave (i.e., the parameter characterizing the deviation of the wave from sinusoidal form) diminishes in the case of fast magnetoacoustic waves when the wave travels upward and increases when the wave travels downward. The situation is reversed for slow magnetoacoustic waves.

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    M. S. Ruderman

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 139–144, September–October, 1976.

The author is grateful to V. B. Baranov for constant interest in the work and valuable comments.

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Ruderman, M.S. Waves in an inhomogeneous plasma with Hall dispersion. Fluid Dyn 11, 762–766 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01012972

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