Standing Shock in a Dipole Field
- 1 September 1969
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 40 (10) , 4074-4077
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1657146
Abstract
A standing bow shock is produced in the flow of a plasma into a dipole magnetic field. The flow direction is perpendicular to the magnetic field. The structure of the bow shock is investigated by measurements of particle density, electron temperature, magnetic field, and magnetic field oscillations. It seems that the oscillations are generated inside the shock which are strongly damped in the upstream direction.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Boundary between a Plasma Stream and a Dipole Magnetic FieldPhysics of Fluids, 1968
- Expansion of a Rarefield Gas Cloud into a VacuumPhysics of Fluids, 1960