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There are four different modes of magnetohydrodynamic waves in an ideal plasma with magnetic field. They can create turbulence, nonlinearly cascade in a wide range of wavenumbers, accelerate particles and produce a lot of interesting effects under astrophysical conditions.
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(2006). MHD Waves in Astrophysical Plasma. In: Plasma Astrophysics, Part I. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 340. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-48427-3_16
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