Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982ssrv...32...83w&link_type=abstract
(Slovenska Akademia Vied, IAU, and COSPAR, Study of Travelling Interplanetary Phenomena Workshop on Shock Waves in the Solar Cor
Physics
Plasma Physics
14
Collisionless Plasmas, Plasma Physics, Plasma Turbulence, Shock Wave Propagation, Wave Dispersion, Bow Waves, Dissipation, Interplanetary Medium, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability
Scientific paper
Dissipation processes in collisionless shock waves are discussed in terms of simple physical models. Two cases are considered: one is concerned with quasi-parallel shocks and the other deals with quasi-perpendicular shocks. In the former case it is explained why the magnetic field profile of a parallel shock usually appears turbulent. The dominant instability responsible for collisionless dissipation processes is discussed. The situation is quite different in a quasi-perpendicular shock in which cross-field currents are believed to be responsible for the collisionless dissipation. Important instabilities are reviewed and discussed. A brief comparison of the theory with recent observations will also be given.
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