Alfven wave dissipation in the solar atmosphere
Journal Article
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· Astrophys. J.; (United States)
Dissipative Alfven waves in a nonuniform plasma are studied by using a normal mode analysis. Specific magnetic geometries are used to simulate various magnetic structures in the solar atmosphere. The real and imaginary parts of the eigenfrequency have been computed for each of the configurations, and it is found that these eigenmodes can deposit a substantial amount of energy to the corona because of their short damping distances. 40 references.
- Research Organization:
- Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy; California Univ., Irvine
- OSTI ID:
- 5869876
- Journal Information:
- Astrophys. J.; (United States), Journal Name: Astrophys. J.; (United States) Vol. 319; ISSN ASJOA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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