Ja. Tataronis et V. Petrzilka, MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC PONDEROMOTIVE FORCES GENERATED ABOUT ALFVEN RESONANCE LAYERS, Physics of plasmas, 3(12), 1996, pp. 4434-4439
The total ponderomotive force produced by radio frequency electric and
magnetic fields about the spatial resonances of the shear Alfven wave
is derived. The time-averaged currents and plasma transport that resu
lt from these forces are also derived. The wave analysis is based on a
resistive magnetohydrodynamic fluid. A relationship between the time-
averaged rates of change of wave energy dissipation and wave momentum
dissipation in the resonant layers is found. Since the deposited wave
momentum in the Alfven resonant layers alters the plasma transport loc
ally, control of the density profile is a possible application of this
theory. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.