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Similarity solutions for nonlinear Landau damping of Alfvén waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

J. F. McKenzie
J. F. McKenzie
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Abstract

In this paper we develop similarity solutions for the problem of nonlinear Landau damping of Alfvén waves. These solutions which are applicable to power-law wave spectra illustrate not only the basic feature of the damping process, namely that short-wavelength waves decay more rapidly than long-wavelength waves, but also how the damping depends on the initial strength of the power spectrum and its distribution in wavenumber.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , October 1982 , pp. 317 - 323
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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