The Wardle Instability in Interstellar Shocks: I. Nonlinear Dynamical Evolution
天体物理学
2009-10-30 v1
摘要
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.
引用
@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}
}
备注
20 pages, 7 Postscript figures, LaTeX, accepted by Ap.J