Download or read book Near steady Oblique Shock Waves in a Collisionless Plasma written by Lynn Mary Olson and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small amplitude near-steady oblique shock waves in a collisionless plasma are possible at Alfven Mach numbers 1 and cos theta. In the first case, either the magnetic pressure decreases monotonely or the head of the wave is near-periodic. In the second case, a main wavefront is followed by an oscillatory tail. (Author).

Download or read book Shock Waves in Collisionless Plasmas written by Derek A. Tidman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1971 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Oblique Collisionless Shock Waves in Plasma written by William E. Drummond and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work covered by this report is part of an experimental program to study oblique shock waves in plasma. The support from DASA under this contract was for the continuation of the experimental program with particular regard to measurements on shock using light scattering techniques. The measurements made on the Texas oblique shock experiment were first detailed investigation of the magnetic and electronic structure of the oblique shock. Compared to the fairly extensive body of information which exists on shocks moving perpendicular to the magnetic field, there had previously been only very scanty results on oblique shocks. This was largely because the oblique shock has a larger scale length (approx. c/omega sub pi) than the perpendicular shock (approx. c/omega sub pe), and consequently experiments designed from the onset to study the oblique shock, and was significantly larger in scale (50 cm diameter) than most shock experiments. The experiment has yielded unique information about the structure of oblique shocks.

Download or read book Physics of Collisionless Shocks written by André Balogh and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book provides a contemporary systematic treatment of shock waves in high-temperature collisionless plasmas as are encountered in near Earth space and in Astrophysics. It consists of two parts. Part I develops the complete theory of shocks in dilute hot plasmas under the assumption of absence of collisions among the charged particles when the interaction is mediated solely by the self-consistent electromagnetic fields. Such shocks are naturally magnetised implying that the magnetic field plays an important role in their evolution and dynamics. This part treats subcritical shocks which dissipate flow energy by generating anomalous resistance or viscosity. The main emphasis is, however, on super-critical shocks where the anomalous dissipation is insufficient to retard the upstream flow. These shocks, depending on the direction of the upstream magnetic field, are distinguished as quasi-perpendicular and quasi-parallel shocks which exhibit different behaviours, reflecting particles back upstream and generating high electromagnetic wave intensities. Particle acceleration and turbulence at such shocks become possible and important. Part II treats planetary bow shocks and the famous Heliospheric Termination shock as examples of two applications of the theory developed in part I.

Download or read book A Study of Collisionless Plasma Shocks written by Ralph H. Lovberg and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report discusses an experiment designed to study collisionless shock waves in an inverse pinch discharge using argon. A magnetic disturbance was generated which propagated ahead of the driving field at twice the piston speed. Measurements of the magnetic and electric field structures, electron density and temperature, as well as ion velocities revealed that the disturbance was produced by a beam of plasma moving through the ionized ambient plasma rather than by a true shock wave. Calculations of ion trajectories using measured electric fields demonstrated that the beam originated at small radii and early times, and was not the result of a steady specular reflection from the piston field. It is concluded that the ions comprising this stream, which were collisionless relative to the ambient ions, did not couple to the background plasma even though a strong magnetic field was applied. (Author).

Download or read book Dissipation Mechanisms in Weak Shock Waves in Collisionless Plasmas written by James M. Witting and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Laboratory Study of High Collision free Plasma Shock Waves written by William W. Destler and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Physics of Shock Waves in Gases and Plasmas written by Michael A. Liberman and published by Springer. This book was released on 1986 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Structure of a Collisionless Turbulent Shock Waves in Plasmas written by Mahmoud H. Ahmed and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stationary collisionless Shock Waves in an initial plasma with high ion temperature written by Manfred Kornherr and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shock Waves in an Anisotropic Plasma written by F. M. Neubauer and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Quarter Century of Collisionless Shock Research written by C. P. Kennel and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Periodic Solitary and Interacting Nonlinear Waves in Collisionless Plasmas written by Mark Lee Buchanan and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Collisionless Shocks in Space Plasmas written by David Burgess and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shock waves are an important feature of solar system plasmas, from the solar corona out to the edge of the heliosphere. This engaging introduction to collisionless shocks in space plasmas presents a comprehensive review of the physics governing different types of shocks and processes of particle acceleration, from fundamental principles to current research. Motivated by observations of planetary bow shocks, interplanetary shocks and the solar wind termination shock, it emphasises the physical theory underlying these shock waves. Readers will develop an understanding of the complex interplay between particle dynamics and the electric and magnetic fields that explains the observations of in situ spacecraft. Written by renowned experts in the field, this up-to-date text is the ideal companion for both graduate students new to heliospheric physics and researchers in astrophysics who wish to apply the lessons of solar system shocks to different astrophysical environments.

Download or read book A Collisionless Shock Wave Experiment written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collisionless shock waves are a very important heating mechanism for plasmas and are commonly found in space and astrophysical environments. Collisionless shocks were studied in the laboratory more than 20 years ago, and more recently in space via in situ satellite measurements. The authors propose a new laboratory shock wave experiment to address unresolved issues related to the differences in the partition of plasma heating between electrons and ions in space and laboratory plasmas, which can have important implications for a number of physical systems.

Download or read book Structure of a Collisionless Turbulent Shock Wave in Plasmas written by Mahmoud H. Ahmed and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perpendicular collisionless shock wave in a high beta infinite plasma is considered. The effects of the inhomogeneity of the shock front have been analyzed. It was found that the ions are heated up and that the resonant particles see a larger component of the electric field in the direction of he inhomogeneity. From the linear stability it was found that the fastest growing unstable modes inside the shock front are the beam-cyclotron and pure cyclotron modes. The effects of high beta values on these instabilities have been investigated. A new theory has been developed to handle the non-linear evolution of unstable modes. Equations governing the structure of the shock front valid for low as well as high Mach numbers have been derived. (Author).

Download or read book Collisionless Ion Acoustic Shock Waves in a Two Component Plasma written by Minh Quang Tran (Physicist, Vietnam, Switzerland, United States) and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: