The effective polytropic index in a magnetized plasma

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Dec 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997jgr...10227145p&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 102, Issue A12, p. 27145-27150

Physics

Plasma Physics

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Interplanetary Physics: Planetary Bow Shocks, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetopause, Cusp, And Boundary Layers, Magnetospheric Physics: Solar Wind/Magnetosphere Interactions, Space Plasma Physics: Kinetic And Mhd Theory

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The effective polytropic index γeff in a magnetized anisotropic plasma is obtained in the frame of one-fluid, double-adiabatic magnetohydrodynamics. The value of γeff is found to depend on the characteristics of the plasma flow, and on the temperature anisotropy. It is shown that the most probable value of γeff is 1.4-1.9 at the bow shock, and it may be less than unity in the magnetopause region.

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