Jim Fuller edited Wave Propagation.tex  about 9 years ago

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\label{eqn:magnetodisp3}  k \simeq \pm \frac{N k_\perp}{\sqrt{2}\mu v_A} \big( 1 \pm i \big).  \end{equation}  Therefore, magneto-gravity waves become evanescent in regions of very strong magnetic field. In essence, low frequency waves can  reflect off the stiff field lines, similar to low frequency fluid waves reflecting off a solid boundary. The transition from propagating to evanescent magneto-gravity waves occurs when \begin{equation}  \label{eqn:magnetogravity}  2 \mu v_A \sim \frac{\omega^2}{N k_\perp} \, ,