Self-similarity of the Third Type in the Strong Explosion Problem
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Propagation of a blast wave due to strong explosion in the center of a power-law-density () spherically symmetric atmosphere is studied. For adiabatic index of 5/3, the solution was known to be self-similar, (of type I) for , self-similar (of type II) for , and unknown in between. We find a self-similar solution for , and give a (tentative) numerical proof that this solution is indeed an asymptotic of the strong explosion. This self-similar solution is neither of type I (dimensional analysis does not work), nor of type II (the index of the solution is known without solving an eigenvalue problem).
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0303242,
title = {Self-similarity of the Third Type in the Strong Explosion Problem},
author = {Andrei Gruzinov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0303242},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures