Hybrid simulation of reforming shocks with electron mass and pressure tensor effects

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Yuan, Xingqiu ^a   Cairns, Iver H ^a   Robinson, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; MACH NUMBER; MIXING;

ELECTRON DISSIPATION; FLUID ELECTRONS; ION THERMALIZATION; PHASE SPACE MIXING; PLASMA BETA;

PLASMA SHOCK WAVES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON; PLASMA; PRESSURE;

EID: 34548067939     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028447     Document Type: Article

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