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Schulze-Berge et al. 1992
Schulze-Berge, S., Cowley, S. and Chen, L. (1992). Theory of field line resonances of standing shear Alfvén waves in three-dimensional inhomogeneous plasmas. Journal of Geophysical Research 97: doi: 10.1029/91JA02804. issn: 0148-0227.

We have analyzed field line resonances of Alfv¿n waves in a rectangular box model with a straight uniform magnetic field but three-dimensionally varying density. Field line resonances are shown to exist even with this three-dimensional nonuniformity. For a given wave frequency we can construct the surface on which the resonance occurs and derive the local form of the singular solution. Magnetic perturbations are found to lie predominantly in the resonant surface. In the presence of azimuthal inhomogeneities the present theory could explain why some satellite measurements show geomagnetic pulsations of comparable magnitude in radial and azimuthal components. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1992

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Magnetospheric Physics, MHD waves and instabilities, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma waves and instabilities, Interplanetary Physics, MHD waves and turbulence
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