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We suggest a two-step mechanism for the generation of the parallel electric field at the Alfvén wave. At the first step, the coupling with the compressional mode due to the magnetic field non-uniformity and finite plasma pressure provides the parallel magnetic field of Alfvén wave. At the second step, the compressional mode acquires the parallel electric field due to coupling with the electrostatic mode as required by the quasi-neutrality condition in kinetics. The parallel electric field acquired by the Alfvén mode is considerably larger than that due to the single-step coupling between the Alfvén and electrostatic modes in kinetics.
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The work was supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research grants 12-05-00121-a and 12-05-98522-r-vostok-a, Program #22 of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Klimushkin, D.Y., Mager, P.N. The Alfvén wave parallel electric field in non-uniform space plasmas. Astrophys Space Sci 350, 579–583 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-013-1774-x
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