Formation and Structure of Electrostatic Collisionless Shocks
- 21 December 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 25 (25), 1699-1702
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.25.1699
Abstract
A one-dimensional, two-species numerical-simulation code has been used to study the formation and structure of collisionless electrostatic shocks formed by two colliding plasmas and by a plasma striking a perfectly reflecting piston. Collisionless shocks are formed in hydrogen up to a maximum piston velocity of . Shocks with velocities up to have been produced which have a predominantly laminar structure accompanied by strong collisionless dissipation.
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