Kinematic mechanism of electron heating in shocks: Theory vs observations
- 1 May 1994
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geophysical Research Letters
- Vol. 21 (9) , 841-844
- https://doi.org/10.1029/94gl00371
Abstract
Shock electron heating due to breakdown of adiabaticity in a small‐scale quasistationary electrostatic field in the shock ramp is analyzed analytically and numerically and compared with experimental data. We derive statistical dependencies of the heating on the shock parameters. Relations obtained numerically are in good agreement with experiment.Keywords
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