A study of the structure of collisionless shock waves propagating perpendicular to an initial field
Author: Perry Edward Phillips
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 252
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Author: Perry Edward Phillips
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 252
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: André Balogh
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-01-04
Total Pages: 503
ISBN-13: 1461460999
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe present book provides a contemporary systematic treatment of shock waves in high-temperature collisionless plasmas as are encountered in near Earth space and in Astrophysics. It consists of two parts. Part I develops the complete theory of shocks in dilute hot plasmas under the assumption of absence of collisions among the charged particles when the interaction is mediated solely by the self-consistent electromagnetic fields. Such shocks are naturally magnetised implying that the magnetic field plays an important role in their evolution and dynamics. This part treats subcritical shocks which dissipate flow energy by generating anomalous resistance or viscosity. The main emphasis is, however, on super-critical shocks where the anomalous dissipation is insufficient to retard the upstream flow. These shocks, depending on the direction of the upstream magnetic field, are distinguished as quasi-perpendicular and quasi-parallel shocks which exhibit different behaviours, reflecting particles back upstream and generating high electromagnetic wave intensities. Particle acceleration and turbulence at such shocks become possible and important. Part II treats planetary bow shocks and the famous Heliospheric Termination shock as examples of two applications of the theory developed in part I.
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 586
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Burgess
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-07-30
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 0521514592
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn engaging introduction to collisionless shocks in space plasmas, presenting a complete review, from first principles to current research.
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 268
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert G. Stone
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0875900615
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 35. Violent expansions of the solar corona cause transient shock waves which propagate outward from the sun at hundreds to thousands of kilometers per second; simple solar wind velocity gradients at the surface of the sun lead to high-speed streams overtaking slower streams, forming corotating shocks; and steady state supermagnetosonic solar wind flow past objects such as the planets lead to standing bow shocks. However, the solar wind plasma is so hot and tenuous that charged particle Coulomb collisions produce negligible thermalization or dissipation on scale sizes less than 0.1 AU. The irreversible plasma heating by these shocks is accomplished by wave-particle interactions driven by plasma instabilities. Hence these shocks are described as "collisionless."
Author: Timothy Lou Pittman
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 462
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: C. P. Kennel
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 132
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gang Li
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
Published: 2005-09
Total Pages: 372
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 4th IGPP Astrophysics Conference proceedings discuss various aspects of collisionless shock physics in solar system plasmas, including: the microstructure of collisionless shocks, wave activities at and near shocks, particle acceleration at collisionless shocks and collisionless shocks in the outer heliosphere. This volume can serve both as a summary of the current understanding of collisionless shock physics and as a starting point for future research, especially for young scientists in this field.
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 616
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