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The nonlinear behaviour of axisymmetric hydromagnetic waves in a partially ionized plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

M. L. Sawley
Affiliation:
School of Physical Sciences, The Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, S.A. 5042, Australia

Abstract

Finite amplitude effects in the propagation of axisymmetric hydromagnetic waves in a cylindrical, magnetized plasma are considered. The influence of the Hall term and the presence of neutral atoms on the resulting second-order fields is treated. For the specific case of torsional wave propagation, the combined effect of these two factors is to produce a substantial second-order azimuthal field, in addition to the axial field predicted by earlier work which neglected these factors. In some circumstances this azimuthal field is much larger than the axial field.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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