Ion and electron heating at collisionless shocks near the critical Mach number

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Jan 1985

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 90, Jan. 1, 1985, p. 137-148. Research sponsored by the U.S. Department o

Physics

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Collisionless Plasmas, Plasma Heating, Shock Heating, Space Plasmas, Electron Energy, International Sun Earth Explorers, Ion Temperature, Mach Number

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The present study has the objective to document more fully a somewhat surprising heating pattern for 10 of the bow shock crossings investigated by Russell et al. (1982). A description of the detailed evolution of the actual distribution functions across the subcritical shocks is also provided. It is pointed out that the shocks examined are all very near the theoretical one-fluid critical Mach number. None of the shocks has a significant magnetic foot or overshoot. It is argued that the observed heating is not due to reflected ions but rather to physical processes characteristic of subcritical shocks.

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