Cylinder-averaged torsional Alfvén wave (${\partial }_t^{2}V=\frac{1}{2z_b{\mu }_0\rho r^3}{\partial }_r(r^{3}H{\partial }_{r}V)$)

For a rotating conducting sphere, a geostrophic azimuthal velocity $U=rV$ couples to the cylinder-integrated magnetic stress $T=\int B_r{B}_{\varphi }dz$. Put $H=\int B_r^{2}dz$ and let $2z_b$ be the cylinder height. With an insulating boundary and no flow through it, cylindrical averaging removes the Coriolis force and gives $U_t=(2z_b{\mu }_0\rho r^2{)}^{-1}{\partial }_r(r^{2}T)$, $T_t=Hr{\partial }_r(U/r)$. The local squared wave speed is $H/(2z_b{\mu }_0\rho )$, the cylinder average of $B_r^2/({\mu }_0\rho )$.

For a cylinder-averaged torsional Alfvén wave with time-independent $H>0$, differentiating this quadratic form gives $dE/dt=[rUT{]}_0^a$. Regularity at the axis and vanishing magnetic torque at the outer endpoint therefore imply conservation. By Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, $T^2/H\le \int B_{\varphi }^{2}dz$; equality holds for the torsional-wave magnetic component proportional to $B_r$ along each cylinder. A stationary magnetic component orthogonal to $B_r$ is invisible to $T$.