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Dr. D. Shaun Bloomfield
Astrophysics Research Group
Trinity College Dublin
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o Mechanical examples:
o sound, string, water
o Energy transfer
o Restoring forces:
o pressure, tension, gravity
o Characteristics:
o wave speed
o motion of medium
o direction of propagation
o Dispersion relation really important!
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o For plane waves propagating with wave vector k = (kx, ky, kz) and angular
frequency !, [N.B. r = (x, y, z) is the position vector]
U = CU exp[i(k ! r " #t )]
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o Phase speed is not the rate of information (i.e., energy) transfer
o Group speed is similarly defined, but for constant phase on a modulated
wave envelope,
U ! exp[i( "kx # "$t )]
o giving,
d
( !kx " !#t ) = 0
dt
dx !#
=
dt !k
% !# ' d#
lim
=
= vg
!# $0& !k (
dk
group speed
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o Everything is contained
in dispersion relation,
! = !(k)
o k often complex, but
waves propagate only
for,
!(k) > 0
o Dispersion relation
indicates cutoffs and
resonances
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o Plasma properties:
o gas-like
o charged
o magnetic field
(complicates
everything)
o Fluid equations
o mass continuity
o equation of motion
o energy equation
o ideal gas law
o EM equations
o Maxwells equations
o induction equation
o Ohms law
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o Mass Continuity
!"
+ # $ ( "v) = 0
!t
!"
+ ( v # $) " + "$ # v = 0
!t
o Equation of Motion
Dv
= "#p + F
Dt
D !
= + v " # is the convective time derivative
Dt !t
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o External forces
o magnetic force:
o gravitational force:
o viscous force (ignored)
J!B
!g
!
o Expand D/Dt,
Dv
= "#p + J $ B + !g
Dt
"v
+ !( v # $) v = %$p + J & B + !g
"t
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o Ideal Gas Law
p=
R
!T
o Energy Equation
D # p&
% ( = )L
Dt $ !" '
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o Apply change rule,
o Expand
D
,
Dt
D # p & 1 Dp "p D!
)
=0
% (=
Dt $ !" ' !" Dt !" +1 Dt
1 #p 1
"p #! "p
(v $ %)! = 0
+ " ( v $ %) p & " +1
&
"
! #t !
! #t !" +1
!p
%p ' !&
)
+ ( v " #) p $
+ ( v " #) & = 0
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!t
& ( !t
o But, !
& "#
(
+ ( v $ %) # = #% $ v from mass continuity equation,
' "t
)
!p
$p
+ ( v " #) p + ( %# " v) = 0
!t
%
!p
+ ( v " #) p = $%p# " v
!t
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o Ampres Law
! " B = 0J +
1 #E
c 2 #t
! " B = 0J
o Solenoidal Constraint
!"B = 0
o no magnetic monopoles
o Faradays Law
!B
= "# $ E
!t
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o Gauss Law
!"E =
#
$0
o charge conservation
o Ohms Law
J = ! (E + v " B)
o generalized form
o couples EM equations to plasma equations through v
o Induction Equation
!B
= " # ( v # B)
!t
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o Wave amplitudes are small
o allows for linearization of MHD equations
0 = !"p0 + J 0 # B 0 + $0g
[A]
! " B0 = 0
[B]
p0 =
R
!T
0 0
[C]
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o After wave initiation,
B = B 0 + B1 (r,t )
v = v 0 + v1 (r,t )
! = !0 + !1 (r,t )
p = p0 + p1 (r,t )
T = T0 + T1 (r,t )
!X 0
=0
!t
!X 0
=0
!t
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o Put perturbed quantities into MHD equations and neglect products of small terms
(i.e., X1Y1)
o Mass Continuity:
!"
+ # $ ( "v) = 0
!t
!"0 !"1
+
+ # $ ( "0 v1 ) + # $ ( "1v1 ) = 0
!t
!t
o but with
!"0
= 0 and dropping X1Y1 terms,
!t
!"1
+ # $ ( "0 v1 ) = 0
!t
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o Eqn. of Motion:
"v
+ !( v # $) v = %$p + J & B + !g
"t
"v1
"v
+ !1 1 + !0 ( v1 # $) v1 + !1 ( v1 # $) v1 =
"t
"t
!"p0 ! "p1 + J 0 # B 0 + J 0 # B1 + J1 # B 0 + J1 # B1 + $0g + $1g
!0
!0
"v1
($ % B0 ) % B + ($ % B1) % B + ! g + (#$p + J % B + ! g)
= #$p1 +
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
"t
0
0
o but, !"p0 + J 0 # B 0 + $0g = 0 ,
!0
"v1
($ % B0 ) % B + ($ % B1) % B + ! g
= #$p1 +
1
0
1
"t
0
0
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o Adiabatic Energy Eqn.:
!p
+ ( v " #) p = $%p# " v
!t
!p0 !p1
+
+ ( v1 " #) p0 + ( v1 " #) p1 = $%p0# " v1 $ %p1# " v1
!t
!t
!p0
o but with
= 0 and dropping X1Y1 terms,
!t
!p1
+ ( v1 " #) p0 = $%p0# " v1
!t
!B
= " # ( v # B)
!t
o Induction Eqn.:
!B 0 !B1
+
= " # ( v1 # B 0 ) + " # ( v1 # B1 )
!t
!t
o but with
!B 0
= 0 and dropping X1Y1 terms,
!t
!B1
= " # ( v1 # B 0 )
!t
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o Ideal Gas Law:
p=
p0 + p1 =
o but p0 =
R
!T
R
R
R
R
!0T0 + !1T0 + !0T1 + !1T1
R
! T and dropping X1Y1 terms,
0 0
R
R
p1 = !1T0 + !0T1
o Solenoidal Constraint:
!"B = 0
! " B 0 + ! " B1 = 0
! " B1 = 0
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!"1
+ # $ ( "0 v1 ) = 0
!t
!0
"v1
($ % B0 ) % B + ($ % B1) % B + ! g
= #$p1 +
1
0
1
"t
0
0
[1]
[2]
!p1
+ ( v1 " #) p0 = $%p0# " v1
!t
[3]
!B1
= " # ( v1 # B 0 )
!t
[4]
R
R
!1T0 + !0T1
[5]
! " B1 = 0
[6]
p1 =