Viscous damping of Alfvén surface waves at a magnetic interface

dc.contributor.author	Rathinavelu, G. D
dc.contributor.author	Sivaraman, M
dc.contributor.author	Satya Narayanan, A
dc.date.accessioned	2010-08-26T12:21:07Z
dc.date.available	2010-08-26T12:21:07Z
dc.date.issued	2010-02
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 208, No. 1, 012071	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/5235
dc.description.abstract	The dispersion relation for the propagation of viscous Alfvén surface waves along viscous plasma-plasma interface has been derived. Two modes of Alfvén surface waves are found to propagate with their characteristics depend on the interface parameters like magnetic field, density ratio, viscosity....etc. The viscous damping of Alfvén surface waves has been studied in the astrophysical point of view. The damping length of Alfvén surface waves due to viscosity in the solar atmosphere has been estimated.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	IOP Publishing	en
dc.relation.uri	http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/208/1/012071/	en
dc.rights	© IOP Publishing	en
dc.subject	Plasma physics	en
dc.title	Viscous damping of Alfvén surface waves at a magnetic interface	en
dc.type	Article	en