Response to Comments on ‘‘Alfvén ‘resonance’ reconsidered: Exact equations for wave propagation across a cold inhomogeneous plasma’’ [Phys. Plasmas 1, 3523 (1994)] | Zendy

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Response to Comments on ‘‘Alfvén ‘resonance’ reconsidered: Exact equations for wave propagation across a cold inhomogeneous plasma’’ [Phys. Plasmas 1, 3523 (1994)]

Author(s) -

Paul M. Bellan

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

physics of plasmas

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75

H-Index - 160

eISSN - 1089-7674

pISSN - 1070-664X

DOI - 10.1063/1.871140

Subject(s) - physics , plasma , argument (complex analysis) , magnetohydrodynamics , resonance (particle physics) , neutrality , compressibility , quantum electrodynamics , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , mechanics , philosophy , epistemology , biochemistry , chemistry

We agree with both Goedbloed and Lifschitz (whom we will refer to as GL) and Ruderman, Goossens and Zhelyazkov (RGZ) that the apparent violation of quasi‐neutrality in Ref. is not a true problem and rescind this particular argument against MHD. However, the rest of the discussion in our paper is independent of this argument regarding quasi‐neutrality, and as discussed below, the conclusions in Ref. about the validity of MHD, about compressibility versus incompressibility, and about Alfven resonance remain valid.

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