摘要
Using the two-fluid model in the case of α〉〉1 （α= β/2Q, β is the ratio of thermal pressure to magnetic pressure, and Q = me/mi ）, we numerically investigate the interactions between two solitary kinetic Alfvén waves （SKAWs） and between an SKAW and a density discontinuity. The results show that the two SKAWs would remain in their original shapes and propagate at their initiating speeds, which indicates that SKAWs behave just like standard solitons. The simulation also shows that SKAWs will reflect and refract when crossing a discontinuity and propagating into a higher density region. The transmission wave is an SKAW with increasing density, and the reverberation is a disturbance with lower amplitude.
Using the two-fluid model in the case of α〉〉1 （α= β/2Q, β is the ratio of thermal pressure to magnetic pressure, and Q = me/mi ）, we numerically investigate the interactions between two solitary kinetic Alfvén waves （SKAWs） and between an SKAW and a density discontinuity. The results show that the two SKAWs would remain in their original shapes and propagate at their initiating speeds, which indicates that SKAWs behave just like standard solitons. The simulation also shows that SKAWs will reflect and refract when crossing a discontinuity and propagating into a higher density region. The transmission wave is an SKAW with increasing density, and the reverberation is a disturbance with lower amplitude.
基金
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants Nos 40574063 and 40674079 The authors thank Professor Wu D. J. for helpful discussion.
