Astrophysical: Alfven waves

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    Fast-to-Alfvén Mode Conversion and Ambipolar Heating in Structured Media. I. Simplified Cold Plasma Model

    Linear fast magnetoacoustic waves are introduced into a cold stratified plasma model made up of a doubly periodic ensemble of straight diminished-Alfvén-speed...

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    High-frequency Wave Propagation Along a Spicule Observed by CLASP

    The Chromospheric Lyman-Alpha Spectro-Polarimeter (CLASP) sounding rocket experiment, launched in 2015 September, observed the hydrogen Lyα line (121.6 nm) in...

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    No Evidence for Critical Balance in Field-aligned Alfvénic Solar Wind Turbulence

    The properties of Alfvénic solar wind turbulence have been studied for decades using spacecraft measurements. In particular, the observation of spectral...