Time evolution of the plasma density, ρ, temperature, T, vertical and horizontal velocities (respectively v_z and v_⊥), magnitude of the Lorentz Force, | j × B |, and Alfvén Mach number, M_A, along the vertical direction z at a particular points (x,y), in units of L₀, in the β = 1 simulation. The phase velocity v_ϕ = 0.15 of the propagating wave is indicated by bright dashed lines. For comparison, the initial uniform density is , the temperature is , and the ambient Alfvén speed is ĉ_A = 0.28.