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9 - Gravitational Effects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2019

Bernard Roberts
Bernard Roberts
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University of St Andrews, Scotland
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The effect of gravity is investigated in this chapter and the importance of the Klein-Gordon equation is demonstrated. The Klein-Gordon equation is solved for impulsive initial conditions and the phenomenon of an oscillating wake demonstrated. Cutoff frequency is determined. Waves in a stratified incompressible medium with a horizontal magnetic field are examined, leading to the Rayleigh-Taylor dispersion relation. The compressible case is related to the topic of magnetic helioseismology. Waves in a vertical magnetic field are also discussed. For this case, the slow mode dispersion relation is obtained and exhibits a cutoff frequency.

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gravitystratificationscale heightsKlein-Gordon equationcutoffimpulsive waves
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MHD Waves in the Solar Atmosphere , pp. 248 - 280
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Gravitational Effects
  • Bernard Roberts, University of St Andrews, Scotland
  • Book: MHD Waves in the Solar Atmosphere
  • Online publication: 15 July 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613774.010
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  • Gravitational Effects
  • Bernard Roberts, University of St Andrews, Scotland
  • Book: MHD Waves in the Solar Atmosphere
  • Online publication: 15 July 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613774.010
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  • Gravitational Effects
  • Bernard Roberts, University of St Andrews, Scotland
  • Book: MHD Waves in the Solar Atmosphere
  • Online publication: 15 July 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108613774.010
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