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Does the schock wave in a highly ionized non-isothermal plasma really exist ?

Plasma Physics 2015-09-30 v1

Abstract

Here we study the structure of a highly ionizing shock wave in a gas of high atmospheric pressure. We take into account the gas ionization when the gas temperature reaches few orders of an ionization potential. It is shown that after gasdynamic temperature-raising shock and formation of a highly-ionized nonisothermal plasma Te>>TiT_e>>T_i only the solitary ion-sound wave (soliton) can propagate in this plasma. In such a wave the charge separation occurs: electrons and ions form the double electric layer with the electric field. The shock wave form, its amplitude and front width are obtained.

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@article{arxiv.1503.00738,
  title  = {Does the schock wave in a highly ionized non-isothermal plasma really exist ?},
  author = {A. A. Rukhadze and S. Sadykova and T. Samkharadze},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.00738},
  year   = {2015}
}

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PACS: 52.35.Dm; 52.35.Fp; 52.35.Mw; 52.35.Tc, 3 Pages

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