Rotating Alfvén waves in rotating plasmas

Abstract

Angular momentum coupling between a rotating magnetized plasma and torsional Alfvén waves carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) is examined. It is not only demonstrated that rotation is the source of Fresnel-Faraday rotation - or orbital Faraday rotation effects - for OAM carrying Alfvén waves, but also that angular momentum from an OAM carrying Alfvén wave can be transferred to a rotating plasma through the inverse process. For the direct process, the transverse structure angular rotation frequency is derived by considering the dispersion relation for modes with opposite OAM content. For the inverse process, the torque exerted on the plasma is derived as a function of wave and plasma parameters.

arXiv comment14 pages, 3 figures

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