Strongly-cooled ionizing plasma flows with application to Venus

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Apr 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975p%26ss...23..713w&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science, vol. 23, Apr. 1975, p. 713-721. Research supported by the Science Research Council of England;

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Plasma Interactions, Solar Wind, Venus Atmosphere, Astronomical Models, Atmospheric Ionization, Atmospheric Models, Charge Transfer, Cold Plasmas, Cooling, Flow Equations, Gas Dynamics, Helium, Shock Waves

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On the solar wind's penetration into an atmosphere of hydrogen or helium, symmetric charge exchange interactions give energy and momentum losses as the dominant source terms in the flow equations. One-dimensional, supersonic to subsonic solutions are available if the cooling is strong enough. In a model with transverse field and adiabatic (non-thermal) ions, a range of weakly-shocked solutions with upstream mach number less than 2.5 are discovered. As in the case of detonation waves, the shock strength is independent of down-stream boundary conditions. The solutions may apply in the solar wind flow into the Venusian atmosphere.

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