Large-amplitude Alfvénic shocks in a collisional magnetoplasma

Padma Shukla, Bengt Eliasson, Lennart Stenflo

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Abstract

A theory for large-amplitude Alfvénic shocks across the external magnetic field in a collisional magnetoplasma is presented. For this purpose, we use the continuity and momentum equations for the electrons and ions, together with Ampère's and Faraday's laws, to derive the governing nonlinear equations for large-amplitude compressional Alfvénic waves. It is found that the latter can appear in the form of large-amplitude Alfvénic shocks that propagate with the super-Alfvénic speed.
Original languageEnglish
Article number45001
JournalEPL: A Letters Journal Exploring the Frontiers of Physics
Volume95
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jul 2011

Keywords

  • Alfvenic shocks
  • plasmas
  • collisional magnetoplasma

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