ALFVÉN WAVES IN A PARTIALLY IONIZED TWO-FLUID PLASMA

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 767; no. 2; pp. 1 - 14
• Main Authors: Soler, R, Carbonell, M, Ballester, J L, TERRADAS, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 20.04.2013
• Subjects: ASTROPHYSICS; ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; Attenuation; COLLISIONS; DISTURBANCES; Evolution; Fluid dynamics; Fluid flow; FLUIDS; Flux; HYDROMAGNETIC WAVES; Ionization; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NORMAL-MODE ANALYSIS; OSCILLATIONS; PARTICLES; Perturbation methods; PERTURBATION THEORY; PLASMA; STANDING WAVES; TIME DEPENDENCE; WAVELENGTHS

Alfven waves are a particular class of magnetohydrodynamic waves relevant in many astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. In partially ionized plasmas the dynamics of Alfven waves is affected by the interaction between ionized and neutral species. Here we study Alfven waves in a partially ionized plas...