Computer Science – Sound
Scientific paper
Oct 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982georl...9.1171r&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 9, Oct. 1982, p. 1171-1174.
Computer Science
Sound
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Bow Waves, Interplanetary Space, Shock Wave Propagation, Space Plasmas, Electrostatic Waves, International Sun Earth Explorers, Ion Acoustic Waves, Propagation Velocity, Shock Wave Profiles
Scientific paper
The ISEE-1 and -2 spacecraft have provided the opportunity for studying the thickness and velocity of the bow shock on a regular basis. There are two models for the thickness of quasi-perpendicular laminar shocks. Galeev (1976) has calculated the thickness of the nearly perpendicular laminar bow shock by means of a weak ion sound turbulence (WIST) approach. Morse and Greenstadt (1976), on the other hand, assume that the shock thickness adjust itself to stay close to the drift velocity for marginal stability of current driven electrostatic waves. The present investigation is concerned with an evaluation of the competing theories, taking into account ISEE-1 and -2 observations of laminar bow shocks. It is found that the formula used by Morse and Greenstadt does not predict the observed thicknesses as well as the formula given by Galeev.
Bame J. Jr. S.
Gosling Jack T.
Hoppe Michael
Livesey W. A.
Russell Christopher T.
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