Physical mechanisms for turbulent dissipation in collisionless shock waves

1982 ◽  
Vol 32 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
C.S. Wu
Keyword(s):  
Shock Waves ◽  
Collisionless Shock ◽  
Turbulent Dissipation ◽  
Physical Mechanisms

Electron heating in a perpendicular collisionless shock

1971 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Cairns
Keyword(s):  
Shock Waves ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Qualitative Agreement ◽  
Reasonable Agreement ◽  
Collisionless Shock ◽  
Potential Jump ◽  
Electron Heating ◽  
Gain Energy ◽  
Steady Potential

A model is proposed to explain the observed electron heating in perpendicular collisionless shock waves. This relies on trapping of the electrons by the turbulent electric field to modify their orbits in such a way that they gain energy from the steady potential jump across the shock. With simple assumptions about the nature of this trapping, reasonable agreement with the experimentally observed heating is obtained. In addition, the model provides qualitative agreement with a number of other experimental observations.

Collisionless Shock Waves

1991 ◽  
Vol 264 (4) ◽  
pp. 106-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roald Z. Sagdeev ◽  
Charles F. Kennel
Keyword(s):  
Shock Waves ◽  
Collisionless Shock

Collisionless shock waves in plasmas

1973 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 719-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Biskamp
Keyword(s):  
Shock Waves ◽  
Collisionless Shock
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