Articles | Volume 34, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-473-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-473-2016
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02 May 2016
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Hydromagnetic waves in a compressed-dipole field via field-aligned Klein–Gordon equations

Jinlei Zheng, Qiang Hu, Gary M. Webb, and James F. McKenzie

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This work provides an alternative approach to examine one commonly occurring type of electromagnetic waves in Earth's inner magnetosphere. In certain wave modes, the waves propagate along individual field lines of Earth's magnetic field. Governed by the coupled system between the magnetic field and ionized gas of low temperature, the waves show certain characteristics similar to standing waves along an elastic string. We present solutions in agreement with spacecraft observations.