Generation of plasma vortices by fast magnetosonic waves
P K Shukla; M Y Yu; H U Rahman; P K Shukla; Inst. fur Theoretische Phys., Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Bochum, West Germany; M Y Yu; Inst. fur Theoretische Phys., Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Bochum, West Germany; H U Rahman; Inst. fur Theoretische Phys., Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Bochum, West Germany
Журнал:
Plasma Physics
Дата:
1981-10-01
Аннотация:
It is shown that nonlinear interaction of magnetosonic waves with slow plasma motion can give rise to two dimensional vortices in a magnetoplasma. The growth rates of the modulational instability are obtained analytically for two cases. Application of the results to the solar wind plasma is discussed.
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