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Ion dynamics in a perpendicular collisionless shock

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

D. Sherwell  and
R. A. Cairns
D. Sherwell
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
R. A. Cairns
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
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Abstract

Some properties of perpendicular collisionless shocks are investigated, using a model in which the ion orbits in the shock are assumed to be determined by the average electric and magnetic fields in the shock. These fields are modelled, with the jump in magnetic field across the shock being determined by the conservation relations, and the potential jump determined self-consistently within the model, using the fact that the mean ion velocity downstream of the shock is determined by the conservation relations. Extensive numerical calculations of ion orbits show that effective ion heating can occur in the absence of any dissipative process, with the energy residing in non-Maxwellian velocity distributions in the downstream regions. Results on this and on a number of other features of shock waves, agree well with experiments.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , April 1977 , pp. 265 - 279
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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