Influence of Reflected Ions on the Magnetic Structure of a Collisionless Shock Front
Influence of Reflected Ions on the Magnetic Structure of a Collisionless Shock Front
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反射离子对无碰撞激波锋磁结构的影响
DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.29.154
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发表时间:
1972
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通讯作者:
A. E. Robson
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作者:
P. E. Phillips;A. E. Robson
A special probe has been used to detect ions reflected from a collisionless shock wave propagating perpendicular to the field in a magnetized, low-β plasma. Reflected ions are observed only above a critical Alfvén number M A≈ 2.7, and their orbits coincide with the familiar" foot" on the magnetic structure of supercritical shocks. We discuss the origin of the reflected ions.