The scales in quasiperpendicular shocks

Details The scales in quasiperpendicular shocks The scales in quasiperpendicular shocks

Mar 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995adspr..15..247b&link_type=abstract

Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177), vol. 15, no. 8-9, p. 247-260

Mathematics

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Collisionless Plasmas, Earth Magnetosphere, Electron Density (Concentration), Ion Density (Concentration), Shock Wave Profiles, Shock Waves, Data Reduction, Magnetohydrodynamics, Mathematical Models, Plasma Waves, Whistlers

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Quasiperpendicular shock front is well-structured. Ions are thought to be responsible for this structure formation. Electrons move in the ion prescribed fields with only small feedback on the shock structure. The foot scale and overall front scale are determined by the typical ion length: drifting ion gyroradius. Ramp width, on the contrary, is believed to be determined by the wavelength of the whistler, phase standing just upstream of the ramp, and is therefore intermediate between typical ion and electron scales. We review existing observational data and theoretical models for shock thickness. Especially attention is devoted to the shock ramp. We discuss the experimentally found correlations of the ramp width shock parameters.

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