The structure and evolution of slow mode shocks

Details The structure and evolution of slow mode shocks The structure and evolution of slow mode shocks

May 1985

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Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 12, May 1985, p. 295-298. Research supported by the U.S. Department of Energ

Physics

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Bow Waves, Earth Magnetosphere, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Shock Waves, Computerized Simulation, Geomagnetic Tail, Ion Beams

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Studies of the structure and evolution of slow mode shocks obtained by numerical simulation are presented. It is shown that slow shocks can be formed self-consistently and evolve slowly in time, while maintaining a well-defined structure. As fluid theory predicts, the dominant feature is a trailing magnetic wavetrain whose damping length increases with time toward the fluid limit. The behavior of the ions which are backstreaming from the shock are investigated and the stability of the upstream distributions to the types of electromagnetic ion-beam instabilities found in the earth's foreshock are examined.

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