Stability of isothermal magnetohydrodynamic shock waves
- 1 October 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Plasma Physics
- Vol. 10 (2) , 301-316
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022377800007868
Abstract
The stability of normal isothermal magnetohydrodynamic shock waves is studied with respect to isothermal as well as adiabatic perturbations. The problem is solved by the normal-mode analysis. The isothermal normal MHD shock appears to be stable.Keywords
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