Nonlinear propagation of Alfvén waves in cometary plasmas (Q1096506)
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Nonlinear propagation of Alfvén waves in cometary plasmas (English)
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1987
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Large-amplitude Alfvén waves propagating along the guide magnetic field in a three-component plasma are shown to be spatially localized due to their nonlinear interaction with nonresonant electrostatic density fluctuations. A new class of subsonic Alfvén soliton solutions are found to exist in the three-component plasma. The Alfvén solitons can be relevant in explaining the properties of hydromagnetic turbulence near the comets.
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Large-amplitude Alfvén waves
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three-component plasma
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nonlinear interaction
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nonresonant electrostatic density fluctuations
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class of subsonic Alfvén soliton solutions
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hydromagnetic turbulence
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