Physics
Scientific paper
Jan 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999adspr..24...13s&link_type=abstract
Advances in Space Research, Volume 24, Issue 1, p. 13-22.
Physics
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Scientific paper
Curvature effects of a quasi-perpendicular collisionless shock in a super-critical regime are studied with the help of a 2 - D full particle electromagnetic simulation code, where both ions and electrons are treated as particles moving within self-consistent fields. The curved shock is initiated by using a cylindrical magnetic piston. Main characteristics of quasi-perpendicular collisionless shocks in the angular range 90° to 65° are fully recovered. Full curvature effects allow to follow continously the transition from a narrow and step-like strictly perpendicular shock to wider and more turbulent oblique shock waves. Present preliminary results emphasize the differences between planar and curved shock. For the first time to our knowledge, the formation of electron foreshock is fully recovered without any simplifying assumptions; moreover, loss cone distribution is also reproduced for high energy reflected electrons which is the signature of a dominant fast Fermi acceleration type process.
Lembege Bertand
Savoini Ph.
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