Finite-amplitude solitary Alfvén waves in a low-beta plasma
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Plasma Physics
- Vol. 35 (2) , 267-272
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022377800011326
Abstract
An exact nonlinear Alfvén wave in a low-β plasma is investigated. Both super-and sub-Alfvénic rarefactive solitons are found to exist depending upon the angle of inclination of the propagation vector to the magnetic field.Keywords
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