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tokens: conditions requires equilibrium total pressure balance across each interface. This demands that the total (gas plus magnetic) pressure is constant:where μ is the permeability of free space. The sound speed in each region can be expressed as for . Here, γ is the adiabatic index, which is uniform across every domain, under the assumption that the plasma composition in the entire volume is the same. Another characteristic speed in the plasma, i.e., the Alfvén speed, is denoted by for . Equation ( 2 ), which describes the equilibrium pressure balance, yields the following relationship between the density ratios and characteristic speeds for any two regions:Disturbances within the slab, as well as in its magnetic environment, are governed by the ideal MHD equations: where , , p , and ρ are the velocity, magnetic field strength, pressure, and density, respectively. Equation ( 4 ) expresses mass conservation, Equations ( 5 ) and ( 6 ) are the momentum and induction equations, respectively, and Equation ( 7 ) is the energy equation for adiabatic processes. We linearize these equations about a static basic state and seek plane-wave solutions propagating in the direction of the formwhere k is the z component of the wavenumber vector defined as , and ω is the angular frequency. The linearized governing equations then reduce to a single ordinary differential equation for each region, which governs perturbations in that region, given bywhereare wavenumber coefficients andare the tube speeds for each domain for . The solutions to Equation ( 9 ) are a linear combination of the hyperbolic functions. Physically realistic solutions prescribe that the slab perturbations have no effect on plasma far away from the system; that is, the waves are evanescent outside the slab. This imposes the restriction on that as , , and so and . The general solution in this case takes the formHere, A , B , C, and D are arbitrary real constants. Physical solutions further require that two boundary conditions be fulfilled: the perturbations in velocity have to be continuous, and total pressure balance has to be upheld across the slab boundaries at . Applying these boundary conditions gives us four homogeneous algebraic equations in terms of the constants A , B , C , and D . Nontrivial solutions only exist when the determinant of the coefficients of this system of equations is zero. This gives us the dispersion relation aswhere By substituting for into Equation ( 13 ), we can express the dispersion relation in terms of wavenumbers, frequencies, and characteristic speeds as 2.1. Validation with Earlier Studies There are at least two earlier models that the current results should remain consistent with. If we set , thus , then the wavenumbers m 1 and m 2 revert back toFurthermore, the dispersion relation (Equation ( 16 )) loses the factors containing the external Alfvén speeds and simplifies towhich corroborates with the result for the magnetic slab embedded in a nonmagnetic asymmetric