Phase coherence of MHD waves in the solar wind |
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Authors: | Hada Tohru Koga Daiki Yamamoto Eiko |
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Institution: | (1) E. S. S. T., Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan;(2) N.A.S.D.A., Ibaraki, Japan |
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Abstract: | Large amplitude MHD waves are commonly found in the solar wind. Nonlinear interactions between the MHD waves are likely to
produce finite correlation among the wave phases. For discussions of various transport processes of energetic particles, it
is fundamentally important to determine whether the wave phases are randomly distributed (as assumed in quasi-linear theories)
or they have a finite coherence. Using a method based on a surrogate data technique and a fractal analysis, we analyzed Geotail
magnetic field data (provided by S. Kokubun and T. Nagai through DARTS at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science)
to evaluate the phase coherence among the MHD waves in the earth's foreshock region. The correlation of wave phases does exist,
indicating that the nonlinear interactions between the waves is in progress.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | MHD turbulence nonlinear phenomena phase synchronization |
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