Electron heating in superhigh mach number shocks
Electron heating in superhigh mach number shocks
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超高马赫数冲击中的电子加热
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-009-3021-6_36
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发表时间:
1988
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
K. Papadopoulos
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作者:
K. Papadopoulos
Fluid and MHD models, as well as direct extrapolation of the Earth’s bow shock measurements in the high Mach number (HMN) range (3 ≤MF≤ 12) to the superhigh Mach number (SHMN) range (MF> 30–40) predict that the downstream electron pressurepe2is only a negligible fraction of the Rankine-Hugoniot downstream pressurep2, i.e.,Pe2/p2≈MF2)−1. However, the interpretation of X-ray supernovae emissions, due to SHMN shock heating requirespe2/p2≈ 0(1). Following Alfvén we have used plasma physics experimental-theoretical data combined with magnetospheric observations to probe the physics of the SHMN shocks. It is shown below that inclusion of proper plasma physics considerations in the interaction of the reflected and transmitted ions and the electrons at the ‘foot’ of the shock leads to the surprising result that electron heating can dominate in the SHNM range. A stationary model of the shock structure is derived and shown to be the result of extrapolation of the high Mach number shock physics with incorporation of collective interactions at the foot.