Magnetospheric MHD Oscillations - Klimushkin, Dmitri

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Résumé :

List of Figures xi

List of Tables xxv

Author Biography xxvii

Preface xxix

Acknowledgements xxxi

Acronyms xxxiii

Symbols xxxv

Introduction xxxix

1 Hydromagnetic Oscillations in Homogeneous Plasma 1

2 MHD Oscillations in 1D-Inhomogeneous Model Magnetosphere 10

2.1 A Qualitative Picture of MHD Wave Propagation in a 1D-Inhomogeneous Plasma 12

2.2 Model of a Smooth Transition Layer and Basic Equations for MHD Oscillations 15

2.3 FMS Wave Reflected from the Transition Layer in a Cold Plasma. Alfv?n Resonance 16

2.4 Alfv?n Resonance Excited by a Wave Impulse 20

2.5 Energy Balance in the Problem of an Incident FMS Wave Reflected from the Transition Layer Containing an Alfv?n Resonance Point 25

2.6 FMS Wave Reflected from the Transition Layer in a 'warm' Plasma. Alfv?n and Magnetosonic Resonances 30

2.7 Alfv?n Resonance in Non-ideal Plasma. Kinetic Alfv?n Waves 37

2.8 FMS Waveguide 43

2.9 Waveguide for Quasilongitudinal Alfv?n Waves 47

2.10 Waveguides for Kinetic Alfv?n Waves in a 'cold' Plasma. Waveguide Mode Attenuation 49

2.11 Waveguide for Kinetic Alfv?n and FMS Waves in a 'warm' Plasma. Waveguide Mode Resonance 51

2.12 Waveguides in Plasma Filaments 54

2.13 FMS Wave Passing Through a Tangential Discontinuity 62

2.14 Unstable MHD Shear Flows in the Presence/Absence of Boundary Walls 70

2.15 Geotail Instability Due to Shear Flow at the Magnetopause 83

2.16 Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in the Geotail Low-Latitude Boundary Layer 98

2.17 Cherenkov Radiation of the Fast Magnetoacoustic Waves 111

2.18 MHD Oscillation Field Penetrating from the Magnetosphere to Ground 115

3 MHD Oscillations in 2D-Inhomogeneous Models 133

3.1 Resonance Between FMS and Kinetic Alfv?n Waves in a Dipole-Like Magnetosphere 137

3.2 Alfv?n Resonance in a Dipole-Like Magnetosphere 146

3.3 Resonant Alfv?n Waves Excited in a Dipole-Like Magnetosphere by Broadband Sources 158

3.4 Magnetosonic Resonance in a Dipole-Like Magnetosphere 164

3.5 FMS Oscillations in a Dipole-Like Magnetosphere 178

3.6 FMS Resonators in Earth's Magnetosphere 185

3.7 Monochromatic Transverse-Small-Scale Alfv?n Waves with m ? 1ina Dipole-Like Magnetosphere 200

3.8 Electromagnetic Oscillations Induced at Earth Surface by Magnetospheric Standing High-m Alfv?n Waves 226

3.9 Linear Transformation of Standing High-m Alfv?n Waves Near the Toroidal Resonance Surface 232

3.10 Magnetospheric Resonator for Standing High-m Alfv?n Waves 238

3.11 High-m Alfv?n Waves Generated in the Magnetosphere by Stochastic Sources 241

3.12 Broadband Standing High-m Alfv?n Waves Generated by Correlated Sources 251

3.13 Model Equation to Determine the Transverse Structure of Standing Alfv?n Waves in the Magnetosphere 260

3.14 Spatial Structure of Alfv?n Oscillations Excited in the Magnetosphere by Localised Monochromatic Source 275

3.15 High-m Alfv?n Oscillations Generated in the Magnetosphere by Localised Pulse Sources 282

3.16 Ballooning Instability of Alfv?n and SMS Oscillations on Field Lines Crossing the Current Sheet 298

3.17 Coupled Alfv?n and SMS Oscillation Modes in the Geotail 315

4 MHD Oscillations in 3D-Inhomogeneous Models of the Magnetosphere 329

4.1 MHD Oscillation Properties in Non-homogeneous Models of the Magnetosphere of Different Dimension 329

4.2 Coordinate System 330

4.3 Basic Equations 331

4.4 Qualitative Investigation of the Equation for Characteristics 334

4.5 Wave Singularity in the 3D-Inhomogeneous Magnetosphere 337...

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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. Alfv?n resonance
2.4 Alfv?n resonance excited by a wave impulse
2.5 Energy balance in Alfv?n resonance
2.6 FMS wave reflected from the transition layer in a warm plasma
2.7 Alfv?n resonance in non-ideal plasma
2.8 FMS waveguide
2.9 Waveguide for quasilongitudinal Alfv?n waves
2.10 Waveguide for kinetic Alfv?n waves
2.11 Waveguide for kinetic Alfv?n 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
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