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A converging, cylindrical, ionizing shock

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

D. M. Sloan
D. M. Sloan
Affiliation:
University of Strathclyed, Department of Mathematics, Glasgow
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Abstract

The investigation deals with a collapsing, cylindrical, ionizing shock in an applied axial magnetic field. The magnetic field in the nonconducting gas ahead of the shock increases as the shock converges and the consequent increase in the Lorentz force behind the shock produces a retardation. It is shown that no accelerating self-similar solution exists and the governing equations are then solved numerically.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , December 1968 , pp. 597 - 611
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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