Physics of Collisionless Shocks Space Plasma Shock Waves /

• Main Authors: Balogh, André (Author), Treumann, Rudolf A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: ISSI Scientific Report Series ; 12
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics.; Space sciences.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Plasma Physics.

The present book provides a contemporary systematic treatment of shock waves in high-temperature collisionless plasmas as are encountered in near Earth space and in Astrophysics. It consists of two parts. Part I develops the complete theory of shocks in dilute hot plasmas under the assumption of abs...

Table of Contents:

• Part I
• The Shock Problem
• Equations and Models
• Subcritical Shocks
• Quasi-Perpendicular Supercritical Shocks
• Quasi-Parallel Supercritical Shocks
• Particle Acceleration
• Final Remarks
• Part II
• Introduction.- Planetary Bow Shocks.- The Heliospheric Termination Shock.