Effects of MHD slow shocks propagating along magnetic flux tubes in a dipole magnetic field
Variations of the plasma pressure in a magnetic flux tube can produce MHD waves evolving into shocks. In the case of a low plasma beta, plasma pressure pulses in the magnetic flux tube generate MHD slow shocks propagating along the tube. For converging magnetic field lines, such as in a dipole m...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2002-01-01
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Series: | Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics |
Online Access: | http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/9/163/2002/npg-9-163-2002.pdf |