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Over-reflection of magnetoacoustic ion-cyclotron plasma waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1998

O. M. EL MEKKI
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Khartoum, PO Box 321, Khartoum, Sudan Present address: Department of Mathematics, College of Education, King Saud University, Abha Branch, PO Box 157, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

The over-reflection of magnetoacoustic ion-cyclotron waves in a warm Hall plasma is investigated. It is shown that the effect of the Hall term is to strongly support over-reflection, thereby destabilizing the flow. Its relevance to the current-vortex sheet of the magnetosheath resulting from the interaction of the solar wind and the Earth's magnetopause is pointed out.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
1998 Cambridge University Press

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