Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
The dispersion relation for drift-Alfven waves in two-component (cold and hot), high beta inhomogeneous multispecies plasma containing protons, oxygen, and sulfur ions is solved numerically. The magnetic field is assumed to have a gradient in simple slab geometry configuration. The plasma ion composition consists of H, O, S, SO2, and Na ions. The effect of heavy ions and multiple charge states on the growth rates has been numerically estimated for assumed ion compositions. The numerical calculations of growth rates also have been performed by using ion composition and plasma parameters based on Voyager spacecraft in the magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227); 89; 8851-885
Format:
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