Stratified magneto-Coriolis wave

ID: stratified-magneto-coriolis-wave

An incompressible Boussinesq fluid with uniform magnetic field, uniform vertical rotation and uniform temperature gradient supports waves combining magnetic tension, Coriolis force and buoyancy. Put , , and , with . Eliminating pressure and the temperature and magnetic perturbations gives the displayed dispersion relation for nonzero frequencies. Stable thermal stratification has . Clearing frequency denominators requires checking any resulting zero roots in the original equations; a stationary magnetostatic-buoyancy balance can exist independently of the propagating branches.

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