Generation of alfven waves in plasma sheet of Earth’s magnetosphere tail

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
1Malovichko, PP
1Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Kosm. nauka tehnol. 2012, 18 ;(5):41–47
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2012.05.041
Publication Language: Russian
Abstract: 
We consider current instabilities of Alfven waves in the Earth’s magnetosphere tail, which are caused by proton beams propagating in the plasma sheet boundary layer. The increment is found and instability growth rate is estimated. It is shown that such generation mechanism of Alfven waves is very effective and can lead to the wave generation even at very small currents
Keywords: Alfven waves, current instabilities, Earth's magnetosphere
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