Magnetospheric MHD Oscillations – A Linear Theory

1 HYDROMAGNETIC OSCILLATIONS IN HOMOGENEOUS PLASMA 2 MHD OSCILLATIONS IN 1D-INHOMOGENEOUS MODEL MAGNETOSPHERES 2.1 A qualitative picture of MHD wave propagation in a 1D-inhomogeneous plasma 2.2 Model of a smooth transition layer in a 1D-inhomogeneous plasma 2.3 FMS wave reflected from the transition layer. Alfvén resonance 2.4 Alfvén resonance excited by a wave impulse 2.5 Energy balance in Alfvén resonance 2.6 FMS wave reflected from the transition layer in a "warm" plasma 2.7 Alfvén resonance in non-ideal plasma 2.8 FMS waveguide 2.9 Waveguide for quasilongitudinal Alfvén waves 2.10 Waveguide for kinetic Alfvén waves 2.11 Waveguide for kinetic Alfvén and FMS waves in a "warm" plasma 2.12 Waveguides in plasma filaments 2.13 FMS wave passing through a tangential discontinuity 2.14 Unstable MHD shear flows 2.15 Geotail boundary instability 2.16 Geotail LLBL instability 2.17 MHD oscillation field penetrating from the magnetosphere to ground 3 MHD OSCILLATIONS IN 2D-INHOMOGENEOUS MODELS 3.1 Resonance between FMS and kinetic Alfvén waves 3.2 Alfvén resonance in an axisymmetric magnetosphere 3.3 Resonant Alfvén waves excited by broadband sources 3.4 Magnetosonic resonance in a dipole magnetosphere 3.5 FMS oscillations in a dipole-like magnetosphere 3.6 FMS resonators in Earth?s magnetosphere 3.7 High-m Alfvén waves in a dipole-like magnetosphere 3.8 Oscillations at Earth surface due to high-m Alfvén waves 3.9 Linear transformation of standing high-m Alfvén waves 3.10 Resonator for high-m Alfvén waves near the plasmapause 3.11 High-m Alfvén waves from stochastic sources 3.12 High-m Alfvén waves from correlated sources 3.13 Model equation for high-m Alfvén waves 3.14 Alfvén oscillations from a localised source 3.15 High-m Alfvén oscillations from a pulse source 3.16 Ballooning instability of MHD oscillations in the current sheet 3.17 Coupled modes of MHD oscillations in the geotail 4 MHD OSCILLATIONS IN 3D-INHOMOGENEOUS MODELS 4.1 MHD oscillations in 3D-inhomogeneous magnetosphere 5 Conclusion 6 Appendixes