Nonlinear internal waves in a fluid of infinite depth in the presence of a horizontal magnetic field (Q1111411)

An investigation is made into the propagation of long nonlinear weakly nonone-dimensional internal wave in an incompressible stratified fluid of infinite depth in the presence of a horizontal magnetic field. It is shown that such waves are described by an equation representing the extension of the Benjamin-Ono equation to the weakly nonone-dimensional case. The equation obtained differs from that obtained by \textit{M. J. Ablowitz} and \textit{H. Sequr} [Stud. Appl. Math. 62, 249-262 (1980; Zbl 0447.76013)], which is attributable to the anisotropy of the medium resulting from the presence of a magnetic field. The stability of a soliton with respect to flexural perturbations is investigated. A particular case of the variation of the density with height at constant Alfvén velocity is examined in detail.