Shear flow instability near the cusp resonance in magnetopause boundary layer (Q1338003)
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Shear flow instability near the cusp resonance in magnetopause boundary layer (English)
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5 December 1994
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Shear flow instability is studied in the planar magnetopause boundary layer region by treating the plasma as compressible. A necessary criterion for instability near the cusp resonance is obtained analytically. The criterion depends on plasma parameter \(\beta\), Alfvén Mach number \(M_ A\) and the ratio of the scale lengths of the gradients in the flow and Alfvén velocities.
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compressible plasma
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necessary criterion for instability
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