Relaxation of heavy ions in collisionless shock waves in cosmic plasma
| Autor: | A. M. Krasil’shchikov, K. P. Levenfish, Andrei M. Bykov, Yu. A. Kropotina |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Physics
Shock wave 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) 01 natural sciences Magnetic field Ion Physics::Plasma Physics 0103 physical sciences Coulomb Relaxation (physics) Astrophysical plasma Relaxation length Atomic physics Anisotropy 010303 astronomy & astrophysics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Technical Physics. 61:517-524 |
| ISSN: | 1090-6525 1063-7842 |
| Popis: | We report on the results of hybrid particle-in-cell simulation of shock waves (SWs) in the cosmic plasma with admixture of heavy weakly charged ions. The dependence of ion relaxation and the SW structure on the angle between the magnetic field and the normal to the wavefront is analyzed. The conditions for invariability of the anisotropic ion velocity distribution behind the front of quasi-transverse SWs are indicated on scales substantially exceeding the width of the collisionless SW front (up to the Coulomb relaxation length). The obtained results are essential for determining the effectiveness of heating of heavy ions and observation diagnostic of collisionless SWs in the cosmic plasma. |
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