Shear Alfvén vortices in a very-low-βplasma
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 31 (3) , 1946-1947
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.31.1946
Abstract
A pair of equations are derived which govern propagation of the shear Alfvén wave in a low-β (β≪/) magnetized plasma. It is found that the (electron-) inertia-dominated shear Alfvén wave can exist as a two-dimensional solitary vortex.
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