Cross-field structure generation approaching dissipation scales via three-wave coupling of shear Alfvén waves and kink waves

Both kink waves (arising from unstable magnetic flux ropes) and shear Alfvén waves occur simultaneously in plasmas ranging from solar prominences, the solar wind, magnetic fusion devices, and Earth’s magnetotail. The potential interaction between these typically large-scale phenomena leading to smaller cross-field scales and eventually dissipation in these domains could thus be of broad interest.