Conversion of Compressional Alfvén Waves into Ion-Cyclotron Waves in Inhomogeneous Magnetic Fields
- 26 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 48 (17) , 1183-1186
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.48.1183
Abstract
Axisymmetric compressional Alfvén (fast) waves, which propagate into a region of increasing magnetic field in a cylindrical plasma, are observed to be converted into ioncyclotron (slow) waves via ion-cyclotron resonances.Keywords
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