Very High Mach Number Electrostatic Shocks in Collisionless Plasmas

Details Very High Mach Number Electrostatic Shocks in Collisionless Plasmas Very High Mach Number Electrostatic Shocks in Collisionless Plasmas

2005-12-23

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0512231v1

Phys.Rev.Lett. 96 (2006) 045005

Physics

Plasma Physics

6 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.045005

The kinetic theory of collisionless electrostatic shocks resulting from the collision of plasma slabs with different temperatures and densities is presented. The theoretical results are confirmed by self-consistent particle-in-cell simulations, revealing the formation and stable propagation of electrostatic shocks with very high Mach numbers ($M \gg 10$), well above the predictions of the classical theories for electrostatic shocks.

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