Front structure of a transverse shock wave in a magnetized plasma

Journal Article · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1976 · Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:7325841

Velikovich, A L; Liberman, M A

A solution is found for the structure of a shock wave propagating across a magnetic field in a fully ionized plasma. The magnetic field is assumed strong, so that the ion gyroradius is shorter than the mean free path. The plasma is assumed collisional, and the model of two-fluid hydrodynamics is adopted. Explicit equations are found for the Hugoniot adiabat and for the range of Mach numbers in which various dissipative processes are predominant. An analytic solution is found for the front structure of the shock wave for the range of Mach numbers in which the ion viscosity and collisions of electrons with ions leading to energy exchange are predominant. (AIP)

• Research Organization: Institute of Physical Problems, Academy of Sciences of the USSR
• OSTI ID: 7325841
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 2:2; ISSN SJPPD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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