ON THE STRUCTURE OF STRONG PLASMA SHOCK WAVES IN A TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC FIELD

Abstract

The structure of a plane stationary shock wave in a plasma with a transverse magnetic field is explored by using the restricted variational principle of Rosen to evaluate the adjustable factors of Mott-Smith's bimodal representation for the ion and electron distribution functions. The resulting solutions, in the strong shock limit, indicate that the particle number densities are essentially those of the nonmagnetic case, and that the transverse magnetic field departs considerably from the usual frozen-in field profile, due to the local dissipative effects of electrical conductivity. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 15, 1962
Accession Number
AD0274693

Entities

People

  • G.g. Comisar

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Conductivity
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electrical Conductivity
  • Electrons
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Particles
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Stationary
  • Transverse
  • Variational Principles
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

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  • Microelectronics
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