Magnetospheric MHD Oscillations (eBook)

Anatoly Sergeevich Leonovich is Researcher at the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics at the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Irkutsk, Russia. A graduate of Irkutsk University, he is an expert on theoretical studies of magnetospheric magnetohydrodynamic oscillations.

1 HYDROMAGNETIC OSCILLATIONS IN HOMOGENEOUS PLASMA

2 MHD OSCILLATIONS IN 1D-INHOMOGENEOUS MODEL MAGNETOSPHERES
2.1 A qualitative picture of MHD wave propagation in a 1D-inhomogeneous plasma
2.2 Model of a smooth transition layer in a 1D-inhomogeneous plasma
2.3 FMS wave reflected from the transition layer. Alfvén resonance
2.4 Alfvén resonance excited by a wave impulse
2.5 Energy balance in Alfvén resonance
2.6 FMS wave reflected from the transition layer in a "warm" plasma
2.7 Alfvén resonance in non-ideal plasma
2.8 FMS waveguide
2.9 Waveguide for quasilongitudinal Alfvén waves
2.10 Waveguide for kinetic Alfvén waves
2.11 Waveguide for kinetic Alfvén and FMS waves in a "warm" plasma
2.12 Waveguides in plasma filaments
2.13 FMS wave passing through a tangential discontinuity
2.14 Unstable MHD shear flows
2.15 Geotail boundary instability
2.16 Geotail LLBL instability
2.17 MHD oscillation field penetrating from the magnetosphere to ground

3 MHD OSCILLATIONS IN 2D-INHOMOGENEOUS MODELS
3.1 Resonance between FMS and kinetic Alfvén waves
3.2 Alfvén resonance in an axisymmetric magnetosphere
3.3 Resonant Alfvén waves excited by broadband sources
3.4 Magnetosonic resonance in a dipole magnetosphere
3.5 FMS oscillations in a dipole-like magnetosphere
3.6 FMS resonators in Earth?s magnetosphere
3.7 High-m Alfvén waves in a dipole-like magnetosphere
3.8 Oscillations at Earth surface due to high-m Alfvén waves
3.9 Linear transformation of standing high-m Alfvén waves
3.10 Resonator for high-m Alfvén waves near the plasmapause
3.11 High-m Alfvén waves from stochastic sources
3.12 High-m Alfvén waves from correlated sources
3.13 Model equation for high-m Alfvén waves
3.14 Alfvén oscillations from a localised source
3.15 High-m Alfvén oscillations from a pulse source
3.16 Ballooning instability of MHD oscillations in the current sheet
3.17 Coupled modes of MHD oscillations in the geotail

4 MHD OSCILLATIONS IN 3D-INHOMOGENEOUS MODELS
4.1 MHD oscillations in 3D-inhomogeneous magnetosphere

5 Conclusion

6 Appendixes