Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Jan 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jgr....96..143k&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 96, Jan. 1, 1991, p. 143-154. Research supported by NASA.
Statistics
Computation
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Collisionless Plasmas, Electron Acceleration, Flux Density, Shock Wave Propagation, Space Plasmas, Shock Spectra, Spatial Distribution, Velocity Distribution
Scientific paper
Test particle simulations by Krauss-Varban et al. (1989), carried out for plane shocks, have confirmed previous results of Wu (1984) and Leroy and Mangeney (1984) that electrons can be effectively accelerated at nearly perpendicular shocks. This paper investigates the reflection and acceleration of electrons at a nearly perpendicular shock, using two-dimensional test-particle calculations which account for the effect of shock curvature. The computations show that reflected electron fluxes are of the order of observed fluxes. For several reasons, the combined effects of shock curvature are far less severe than anticipated.
Burgess David
Krauss-Varban Dietmar
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