Time evolution from linear to nonlinear stages in magnetohydrodynamic parametric instabilities
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- M. Hoshino
- Code 692, NASA-GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
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- M. L. Goldstein
- Code 692, NASA-GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
説明
<jats:p>The nonlinear evolution of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) parametric instability of wave fluctuations propagating along an unperturbed magnetic field is investigated. Both a magnetohydrodynamic perturbation-theoretical approach and a nonlinear MHD simulation are used. It is shown that high harmonic waves are rapidly excited by wave–wave coupling, and that the wave spectrum evolves from a state containing a small number of degrees of freedom in k space to one which contains a large number of degrees of freedom. It is found that the spectral evolution prior to nonlinear saturation is well described by the perturbation theory. During this stage, the ratio of the growth rate of the nth harmonic wave to the linear growth rate of the fundamental wave is n. The nonlinear saturation stage is characterized by a frequency shift of the fundamental wave that destroys the wave–wave resonance condition which, in turn, causes the wave amplitude to cease its growth.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics
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Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics 1 (7), 1405-1415, 1989-07-01
AIP Publishing
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詳細情報 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1363951796041206144
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- DOI
- 10.1063/1.858971
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- ISSN
- 08998221
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