Contact discontinuities in collisionless plasmas: A comparison of hybrid and kinetic simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1713-1716

  Lapenta, G ^a   Brackbill, J U ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; KINETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HEAT TRANSFER; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TEMPERATURE;

CONTACT DISCONTINUITIES; ELECTRON ENERGY TRANSPORT; ELECTRON THERMAL TRANSPORT; HYBRID CALCULATIONS; KINETIC CALCULATIONS; KINETIC SIMULATION; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; THERMAL TRANSPORT;

COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS; PLASMAS;

CONTACT DISCONTINUITIES; ELECTRON ENERGY TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; ION MASS; KINETIC EQUATIONS;

EID: 0030190949     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01845     Document Type: Article

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