Damping of magnetospheric toroidal Alfvén eigenmodes due to phase mixing

• Published in: Advances in Astronomy and Space Physics
• Date: 2013
• Main Authors: Cheremnykh, S.O., Parnowski, A.S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Головна астрономічна обсерваторія НАН України 2013
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/119611
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Damping of magnetospheric toroidal Alfvén eigenmodes due to phase mixing / S.O. Cheremnykh, A.S. Parnowski // Advances in Astronomy and Space Physics. — 2013. — Т. 3., вип. 1. — С. 58-62. — Бібліогр.: 22 назв. — англ.

We demonstrate that toroidal shear Alfvén eigenmodes in dipolar magnetostatic plasma equilibrium are subject to damping due to phase mixing. This result is of particular interest for the investigation of Pc5-6 geomagnetic pulsations.