Very high Mach-number electrostatic shocks in collisionless plasmas |
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Authors: | Sorasio G Marti M Fonseca R Silva L O |
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Affiliation: | GoLP/Centro de Física dos Plasmas, Instituto Superior Técnico, Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal. gsorasio@ist.utl.pt |
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Abstract: | The kinetic theory of collisionless electrostatic shocks resulting from the collision of plasma slabs with different temperatures and densities is presented. The theoretical results are confirmed by self-consistent particle-in-cell simulations, revealing the formation and stable propagation of electrostatic shocks with very high Mach numbers (M>10), well above the predictions of the classical theories for electrostatic shocks. |
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