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The structure of hydromagnetic shock waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

R. J. Bickerton ,
L. Lenamon  and
R V. W. Murphy
R. J. Bickerton
Affiliation:
Culham Laboratory, U.K.A.E.A., Abingdon, Berks., England
L. Lenamon
Affiliation:
Culham Laboratory, U.K.A.E.A., Abingdon, Berks., England
R V. W. Murphy
Affiliation:
Culham Laboratory, U.K.A.E.A., Abingdon, Berks., England
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We discuss the structure of hydomagnetic shock waves of various types. The plasma is treated in the two fluid approximation and coffisional transport coefficients are used. This treatment should be valid in a collisional plasma subject to the usual caveat about the use of transport coefficients in situations where the density, temperature, etc., may change significantly over a mean free path. The approach may also have some validity for collisionless shocks if the dissipation mechanisms involve instabilities of sufficiently fine scale and high frequency that they can be described by effective transport coefficients.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , March 1971 , pp. 177 - 197
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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