Multi-Ion Plasmas in Astrophysics. II: Motion of Isothermal Plasmas in a Gravitational Field

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Feb 1973

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Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 20, Issue 2, pp.401-415

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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An isothermal hydrodynamic model of the motions of a multi-ion plasma in a gravitational field is developed and the properties of the flow are discussed for the case of major astrophysical interest in which the gas undergoes a subsonic-supersonic transition. It is shown that the existence of critical points thorough which the plasma has to pass will determine a large number of the plasma parameters, especially the temperature of the minor ions. The equation of motion of a two ion gas (hydrogen-helium) are solved numerically and yield the interesting result that the bulk velocity of the plasma constituents are not equal at 1 AU.

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