A Quarter Century of Collisionless Shock Research

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Authors

C. F. Kennel · University of California, Los Angeles

J. P. Edmiston · University of California, Los Angeles

Tohru Hada · Planetary Science Institute

Abstract

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Small-Amplitude MHD Waves MHD Rankine-Hugoniot Relations Dissipative MHD Shocks Dispersive Shocks Subcritical Shocks with Ion Sound Anomalous Resistance Supercritical Quasi-Perpendicular Shocks Bow Shock and Interplanetary Shock Observations Quasi-Parallel Shocks Shock Acceleration of Energetic Particles Concluding Remarks

Topics & Keywords

Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astro and Planetary Science

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

Published in: Geophysical monograph

DOI: 10.1029/gm034p0001

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