Kinematic Collisionless Relaxation of Ions in Supercritical Shocks

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Abstract

We show that kinematic collisionless relaxation in the macroscopic electric and magnetic fields plays the main role in the formation of the downstream ion distributions in a super-critical shock with ion reflection present. It is done by comparison of a theoretically predicted magnetic profile with the magnetic profile of a shocks observed by MMS mission. It is shown that pressure balance remains the main constraint for the shock stability.

Original languageEnglish
Article number114
JournalFrontiers in Physics
Volume7
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Aug 2019

Keywords

  • bow shock
  • collisionless shocks
  • heliospheric shocks
  • magnetic fields in space
  • particle acceleration
  • plasma heating

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Materials Science (miscellaneous)
  • Mathematical Physics
  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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