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100
Phase b y
|b y |
0
0.5
|b x |
Phase b x
100
200
0
5
0
5
5
0
5
x/|δ 1 |
x/|δ 1 |
1
100
Phase b y
0
|b y |
0.5
Phase b x
100
|b x |
200
0
5
0
5
5
0
5
x/|
δ 1 |
x/|
δ 1 |
Fig. 5.4. Amplitude and phase of the magnetic field near the FLR-point. Upper
panels show the results of calculation according to (5.40) at f =10 2 Hz, normalized
integral Pedersen conductivity Σ P = 10 and Alfven velocity at the resonance point
c A = 1500 km/s, pk A = 3. The position of the resonance point is at x = x 1 =0 .
Results of numerical integration of (5.7a)-(5.7b) under the same parameters at the
resonance point are shown in the bottom frames
It can be seen from Figure 5.4 that
The amplitude of the magnetic field resonance component b y has a peak
of a Lorentz form near the FLR; the phase of b y changes abruptly at π
when passing the resonance point in the direction of the decrease of the
resonance frequency.
Comparison of the upper (according to (5.40) ) and bottom (numerical
integration of (5.7a)-(5.7c)) panels of Fig. 5.4 demonstrates a good agree-
ment of amplitude and phase distribution of the resonance components
b y . The behavior of non-resonant components is not so well described by
(5.40). This is due to the fact that the regular part of the solution can be
comparable with its logarithmically singular part.
The transversal magnetic field is linearly polarized at the x p point be-
ing displaced at a distance slightly less than the resonance half-width
from the resonance point. In the numerical example x p is displaced to
the right at 0 . 22
|
δ 1 |
.At x = x p , the polarization ellipse changes the sign of
rotation.
At x>x p the vector rotates counterclockwise when looking along the z -
axis and clockwise at x<x p . Thus, the sign of polarization changes near
the maximum and the transversal electric and magnetic fields become
approximately linear in it.
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