Magnetogravity wave

A Magnetogravity wave is a type of plasma wave. A magnetogravity wave is an acoustic gravity wave which is associated with fluctuations in the background magnetic field.^[1] In this context, gravity wave refers to a classical fluid wave, and is completely unrelated to the relativistic gravitational wave.

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Examples

Magnetogravity waves are found in the corona of the sun.

See also

• Wave
• Plasma

References

• ^  Y-Q. Lou, Trapped Coronal Magnetogravity Modes, Science 272, 521-523 {1996) JSTOR Link