Discrete ULF modes in the Earth’s magnetosphere near the Alfven frequency minimum

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1Cheremnykh, SO, 1Zhuk, IT
1Space Research Institute under NAS and National Space Agency of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Kinemat. fiz. nebesnyh tel (Online) 2017, 33(1):38-54
https://doi.org/10.15407/kfnt2017.01.038
Start Page: Space Physics
Language: Russian
Abstract: 

The equation of small oscillations of ULF waves in the magnetosphere of the Earth was received taking into account the fast magnetosonic waves. The spectrum of discrete Alfven modes near the minimum Alfven frequency was investigated with the help of this equation.

Keywords: Alfven modes, discrete spectrum, magnetic field, magnetosphere of the Earth
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