Published 1989 | Version v1
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Filamentation instability of MHD waves in solar wind plasma

  • 1. Polytechnic Univ., Farmingdale, NY (USA). Weber Research Inst.

Description

The ISEE 1 and 2 spacecrafts have detected both magnetosonic waves and Alfven waves propagating upstream in the high-speed solar wind. The stability of such waves has drawn a considerable attention in recent years. Various processes of parametric and modulation instabilities excited by the Alfven pumps have been investigated. Moreover, the filamentation instability which can break up the large-amplitude Alfven waves and induce not only plasma density fluctuations but also magnetostatic fluctuations has also been investigated

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Publishing Information

Publisher
IEEE Service Center.
Imprint Place
Piscataway, NJ (USA)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 1989 IEEE international conference on plasma science (Abstracts)
Imprint Pagination
180 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 96.

Conference

Title
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers international conference on plasma science.
Dates
22-24 May 1989.
Place
Buffalo, NY (USA).

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-8905184--.