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Phase Mixing of Propagating Alfvén Waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

L. Nocera ,
B. Leroy  and
E. R. Priest
L. Nocera
Affiliation:
Appl. Maths. Dept., University of St Andrews, KY16 9SS (U.K.)
B. Leroy
Affiliation:
Appl. Maths. Dept., University of St Andrews, KY16 9SS (U.K.)
E. R. Priest
Affiliation:
Appl. Maths. Dept., University of St Andrews, KY16 9SS (U.K.)

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Among MHD waves, Alfvén waves have been proved to be the best candidates to reach the solar corona and, eventually, to be responsible for the heating of this outer part of the solar atmosphere. The problem arises, however, about the mechanism able to transform the energy stored in the waves into heat.

Type
Session V
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 107: Unstable Current Systems and Plasma Instabilities , 1985 , pp. 365 - 369
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985 

References

Browning, P.K., Priest, E.R.: accepted by Astron. Astrophys. (1983)Google Scholar
Heyvaerts, , Priest, E.R.: Astron. Astrophys., 117, 220 (1983)Google Scholar
Hollweg, J.V.: to appear in Solar wind V (1983)Google Scholar
Nocera, L., Leroy, B., Priest, E.R.: submitted to Astron. Astrophys. (1983).Google Scholar
Priest, E.R.: Plasma Physics, 25, 161 (1983)Google Scholar