The Wardle Instability in Interstellar Shocks: I. Nonlinear Dynamical Evolution
Astrophysics
2009-10-30 v1
Abstract
The nonlinear evolution of unstable C-type shocks in weakly ionized plasmas is studied by means of time-dependent magnetohydrodynamical simulations. This study is limited to shocks in magnetically dominated plasmas (in which the Alfven speed in the neutrals greatly exceeds the sound speed), and microphysical processes such as ionization and recombination are not followed. Both two-dimensional simulations of planar perpendicular and oblique C-type shocks, and fully three-dimensional simulation of a perpendicular shock are presented.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9704222,
title = {The Wardle Instability in Interstellar Shocks: I. Nonlinear Dynamical Evolution},
author = {James M. Stone},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9704222},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
20 pages, 7 Postscript figures, LaTeX, accepted by Ap.J