view Abstract Citations (20) References (11) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Cerenkov Damping of Surface Waves Assis, Altair S. ; Busnardo-Neto, J. Abstract The observed amount of coronal heating is presently explained in terms of the energy supplied by surface waves; attention is given to a calculation of the Landau damping together with transit time magnetic pumping, or Cerenkov damping, of waves with an arbitrary wave vector k. Emphasis is placed on the role in Cerenkov damping of low frequency surface waves. Transit time magnetic pumping is the only collisionless damping mechanism for surface waves; in some situations, surface waves can deposit energy and momentum in the corona by way of transit-time magnetic pumping as efficiently as kinetic Alfven waves do with Landau damping. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: December 1987 DOI: 10.1086/165837 Bibcode: 1987ApJ...323..399A Keywords: Cerenkov Radiation; Landau Damping; Plasma Heating; Solar Corona; Surface Waves; Solar Physics; HYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMAS; RADIATION MECHANISMS; SUN: CORONA full text sources ADS |