On the mechanisms of MHD wave damping in the partially ionized solar plasmas

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 447-455

  Khodachenko, M L ^a   Rucker, H O ^a   Oliver, R ^b   Arber, T D ^c   Hanslmeier, A ^d  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); Partially ionized plasma; Sun:chromosphere; Sun:photosphere; Sun:prominences; Waves

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ATMOSPHERICS; DAMPING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PLASMAS; SOLAR SYSTEM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

PARTIALLY IONIZED PLASMA; SUN:CHROMOSPHERE; SUN:PHOTOSPHERE; SUN:PROMINENCES;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 33646485995     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.02.025     Document Type: Article

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