Abstract
The anisotropic instability of Alfven waves in the solar atmosphere is considered. This mechanism is shown to lead to the generation of not only Alfven but also kinetic Alfven waves, which is very important in investigating the heating and acceleration of particles in the chromospheric and coronal plasma. A criterion for the development of instability has been found. The conditions under which this instability can arise and the atmospheric regions in which its development is most probable are analyzed. It is shown that this generation mechanism of kinetic Alfven waves is fairly efficient and can play a significant role in some processes in the solar atmosphere.
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