Structure of relativistic magnetosonic shocks in electron-positron plasmas

Details Structure of relativistic magnetosonic shocks in electron-positron plasmas Structure of relativistic magnetosonic shocks in electron-positron plasmas

Aug 1988

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Physical Review Letters (ISSN 0031-9007), vol. 61, Aug. 15, 1988, p. 779-782. Research supported by Lawrence Livermore National

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Electron Plasma, Electron-Positron Plasmas, Magnetoacoustic Waves, Particle In Cell Technique, Relativistic Plasmas, Shock Waves, Electric Fields, Equations Of Motion, Larmor Radius, Maxwell Equation, Self Consistent Fields, Solitary Waves

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The one-dimensional structure of high-Mach-number, transverse magnetosonic, relativistic shocks is studied computationally by kinetic, particle-in-cell methods. For amplitudes of astrophysical interest, shocks are mediated by magnetic reflection of the incoming plasma stream. The resulting coherent Larmor loops at the shock front are unstable, and rapidly thermalize downstream to form a relativistic, quasi-Maxwellian plasma in the momenta normal to the background magnetic field.

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