The Effect Of Newtonian Cooling On The Reflection And Dissipation Of Hydromagnetic Waves In A Viscous And Thermally Conducting Isothermal Atmosphere

    Authors

    H. Y. Alkahby; M. A. Mahrous;L. Debnath

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn.

    Keywords

    Alfven waves; hydromagnetic waves; atmospheric waves; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Geochemistry & Geophysics; Mechanics

    Abstract

    In this paper, we investigate the problem of the effect of Newtonian cooling on vertically propagating magneto-acoustic waves resulting from a uniform horizontal magnetic field in a viscous and thermally conducting isothermal atmosphere. We consider the case in which the combined effect of the viscosity and the magnetic field is large compared to that of the thermal conduction. II will be shown that the atmosphere may be divided into two distinct regions connected by a transition layer in which the reflection and the modification of the waves lake place. In the lower region the effect of the thermal diffusivity, kinematic viscosity and Alfven speed is negligible, whereas in the upper region the effect of these quantities is more pronounced. Moreover, if the Newtonian cooling coefficient is large compared to the adiabatic cut off frequency, it will act directly to eliminate the temperature perturbation associated with the wave in a short time compared to the period of oscillation. This eliminates the attenuation in the amplitude of the wave since the isothermal regime is dissipationless. Also, the magnitude of the reflection coefficient depends on the relative strength of the viscosity with respect to the magnetic field. The reflection coefficient and the attenuation factor are derived for arbitrary values of the Newtonian cooling coefficient. This problem leads to a singular perturbation problem which may be solved by matching inner and outer approximations in an overlapping domain.

    Journal Title

    Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

    Volume

    81

    Issue/Number

    1-2

    Publication Date

    1-1-1995

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    57

    Last Page

    71

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1995UU75100004

    ISSN

    0309-1929

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