Ion reflection and downstream thermalization at the quasi-parallel bow shock

Details Ion reflection and downstream thermalization at the quasi-parallel bow shock Ion reflection and downstream thermalization at the quasi-parallel bow shock

Aug 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989jgr....9410027g&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 94, Aug. 1, 1989, p. 10027-10037. Research supported by DOE.

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Bow Waves, Ion Motion, Mach Reflection, Shock Wave Propagation, Solar Wind, Space Plasmas, Coherent Radiation, Collisionless Plasmas, Energy Dissipation, International Sun Earth Explorers

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Using the results of ISEE 2 plasma and magnetic field measurements, two features related to the ion thermalization process at high-Mach-number (M above 2) quasi-parallel collisionless shocks are discussed. These are the presence of a coherent secondary beam of ions within the shock layer which is considered to be produced by reflection, and downstream ion distributions which contain both a relatively cold core of directly transmitted ions and a hotter 'shell' of ions, which appear to result from the disruption and scattering of ions initially reflected at the shock. Evidence is presented that coherent ion reflection is an important element of the ion energy dissipation process at high-Mach-number quasi-parallel shocks.

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