Ion kinetic processes and thermalization at quasi-perpendicular low Mach number shocks

Details Ion kinetic processes and thermalization at quasi-perpendicular low Mach number shocks Ion kinetic processes and thermalization at quasi-perpendicular low Mach number shocks

Oct 1991

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 96, Oct. 1, 1991, p. 17,675-17,688. Research supported by University of L

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Ion Temperature, Shock Heating, Solar Wind, Thermal Plasmas, Kinetic Energy, Mach Number, Magnetohydrodynamics, Thermalization (Energy Absorption)

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A simulation of ion kinetic processes at quasi-perpendicular low-Mach-number shocks was carried out, using the diagnostic routines of Burgess et al. (1989) to separate the reflected and transmitted ion subpopulations and to display the details of their respective evolution across the shock. It is shown that, as the ions traverse the shock ramp, the bulk of the ion velocity distribution becomes elongated along the direction perpendicular to the shock front. Most of the resulting transmitted ion heating that occurred could be attributed to the action of the electrostatic potential at the shock ramp.

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