Physics
Scientific paper
Feb 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988jgr....93..987w&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 93, Feb. 1, 1988, p. 987-990.
Physics
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Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Plasma Interactions, Shock Wave Interaction, Space Plasmas, Boundary Value Problems, Magnetic Flux, Rankine-Hugoniot Relation, Time Response
Scientific paper
Contrary to the usual belief that MHD intermediate shocks are extraneous, it has recently been shown by numerical solutions of dissipative MHD equations (Wu, 1987) that intermediate shocks are admissible and can be formed through nonlinear steepening from a continuous wave. In this paper, the differences between the conventional view and the results of Wu are clarified by studying the interaction of an MHD intermediate shock with an intermediate wave; the results of Wu are reaffirmed. In addition, the study shows that there exists a larger class of shocklike solutions in the time-dependent dissipative MHD equations than are given by the MHD Rankine-Hugoniot relations. It also suggests a mechanism for forming rotational discontinuities through the interaction of an intermediate shock with an intermediate wave. The results are of importance not only to the MHD shock theory but also to studies such as magnetic-field reconnection models.
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