Analysis of the Phase Velocities of (Pure, Slow and Fast) Alfvèn Waves in the E Region of the Ionosphere for Low Latitudes

Abstract

In this paper, (pure, slow, and fast) Alfvèn waves for the accepted conditions in Northernhemisphere at E-region of ionospheric plasma were calculated with low latitudes by using Eq. (20,(25)(26) and the real geometry of Earth's magnetic field, at hours 12.00 LT for the 1990 year which sunspot is maximum. One of the most important results of this study is to show analytically that the "MHD modes= (pure, slow and fast) Alfvèn waves" depend not only on the angle between the wave propagation vector (k) and the magnetic field (B) but also on the declination (D=It is the angle value between the direction of the sun's rays and the equatorial plane) and magnetic dip angle (I=It is the angle between real north and magnetic north). From the results obtained, the behavior of the magnitudes of the squares of the phase velocities of all MHD modes is consistent with the behavior of the distribution of electron density with low geographic latitude, even if the magnetic field vector is both perpendicular and parallel to the propagation vector of the wave. In parallel, the phase velocities of the waves are greater in summer than in winter. It has been determined that the propagation velocities of the fast and slow MHD mode in the magnetic equatorial trough region at ( = I) are very small, the energy is almost non-existent, but if  = 90 + I, the energy increases with latitude and is approximately maximum at the low latitude limit. It can be said that the minimum points are between 0-10 o N latitudes where the wave energies are the smallest, and the maximum points are between 20-30 o N latitudes the wave energies are the biggest.