Simulations of high-Mach-number collisionless perpendicular shocks in astrophysical plasmas

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Apr 1985

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Physical Review Letters (ISSN 0031-9007), vol. 54, April 22, 1985, p. 1872-1874. Research supported by the U.S. Department of En

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Astrophysics, Collisionless Plasmas, Cosmic Plasma, Shock Waves, Computational Astrophysics, Ion Scattering, Mach Number

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A problem of critical importance to space physics and astrophysics is the existence and properties of high-Mach-number shocks. The author presents the preliminary results of a simulation of a perpendicular shock with Alfvén Mach number 22. He shows that for sufficiently small electron resistivity the dissipation for this shock is provided by a periodic, rather than time-stationary, reflection of ions. The author discusses the problem of electron heating and the extension to higher Mach numbers.

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