PARTIAL PONDEROMOTIVE FORCES OF ALFVÉN WAVES IN NEAR-EARTH PLASMA
Journal Title: Solar-Terrestrial Physics - Year 2023, Vol 9, Issue 3
Abstract
In the study of the ponderomotive action of Alfvén waves on near-Earth plasma, the general formula for ponderomotive forces, known in classical electrodynamics of continuous media, was previously used. The formula does not explicitly take into account the multi-ion composition of the plasma. Under the action of the waves, significant changes were found in macroscopic parameters — plasma density and velocity. Plasma in Earth’s magnetosphere contains ions with different charge-to-mass ratios. Besides hydrogen and helium ions, the plasma has an admixture of oxygen ions of ionospheric origin, as well as an admixture of other heavy ions. In this connection, a wide range of problems arise on the ponderomotive separation of ions of various types. To solve these problems, it is proposed to use partial ponderomotive forces and to describe the plasma not by hydrodynamic, but by quasi-hydrodynamic equations. In this paper, we discuss the derivation of partial forces for a traveling monochromatic Alfvén wave, and also suggest a method for deriving more general formulas by expanding the classical formula, known in macroscopic electrodynamic, into the sum of partial forces. The ponderomotive separation of ions is illustrated by the example of the problem for diffusion equilibrium of magnetospheric plasma. We propose a hypothesis that Alfvén waves redistribute plasma along geomagnetic field lines in such a way that the plasma at the magnetic field minima is characterized by an increased content of heavy ions. We suggest that a small admixture of heavy ions exists in the polar wind jet stream. The article is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the discovery of Alfvén waves.
Authors and Affiliations
Guglielmi A. V. , Feygin F. Z.
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