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Propagation of Alfvén surface waves along the ionospheric plasma slab with the effect of gravity

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Ionospheric regions connecting the neutral gas atmosphere have been considered to be an incompressible plasma slab surrounded by incompressible plasma on one side and neutral gas on the other side. The effect of gravity on Alfvén surface waves in the slab geometry is studied. As a special case, the propagation of ASW along the plasma-neutral gas interface is also discussed. The existence of two modes of surface waves has been identified and their characteristic behaviour affected by the gravity has been discussed.

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  2. Department of Physics, School of Science & Humanities, Kongu Engineering College, 638 052, Perundurai, Erode, Tamilnadu, India

    G. D. Rathinavelu

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Rathinavelu, G.D., Sivaraman, M. Propagation of Alfvén surface waves along the ionospheric plasma slab with the effect of gravity. Eur. Phys. J. D 66, 32 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-20163-7

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