Hydromagnetic waves in the Earth's fluid core
作者:
Susan Friedlander,
期刊:
Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
(Taylor Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 39,
issue 4
页码: 315-333
ISSN:0309-1929
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1080/03091928708208816
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Magnetohydrodynamics;Earth's core
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Small amplitude oscillations of a uniformly rotating, density stratified, Boussinesq, electrically conducting, non-dissipative fluid are examined in the geometry of a spherical shell. The basic magnetic field is assumed to be toroidal and is allowed to be an arbitrary axisymmetrical function of space. The basic density distribution is allowed to be an arbitrary function of space, consistent with the gravitational potential and the toroidal magnetic field. Conserved energy integrals are constructed and these constraints are used to determine sufficient conditions for stability. The stable waves are, in general, spatially trapped. Explicit expressions are obtained for the “turning surfaces” that delineate the regions in which waves are trapped. These expressions are used to illustrate trapped hydromagnetic waves in the Earth's fluid core.
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