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Which one of the following best describes 'Alfvén waves'?
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- 1Shock fronts produced in the chromosphere that move radially outward by virtue of thermal expansion alone.
- 2Electromagnetic radiation of very low frequency emitted from the solar corona during flare-associated reconnection events.
- 3Magnetohydrodynamic transverse disturbances in an ionised plasma that travel along magnetic field lines with magnetic tension acting as the restoring influence.✓
- 4Compressional pressure disturbances generated in the solar interior that propagate mainly through density variations in neutral matter.
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Magnetohydrodynamic transverse disturbances in an ionised plasma that travel along magnetic field lines with magnetic tension acting as the restoring influence.
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