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Three-wave coupling coefficients for MHD plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

G. Brodin  and
L. Stenflo
G. Brodin
Affiliation:
Department of Plasma Physics, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden
L. Stenflo
Affiliation:
Department of Plasma Physics, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden
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Abstract

By reconsidering the general theory for the resonant interaction of three waves in a plasma, we find explicit expressions for the coupling coefficients for three MHD waves. In particular we demonstrate that the interaction between two magnetosonic waves and one Alfvén wave, as well as the interaction between two Alfvén waves and one magnetosonic wave, can be described by very simple formulae for the coupling coefficients.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 39 , Issue 2 , April 1988 , pp. 277 - 284
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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