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Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
; 64(1 Pt 2): 016416, 2001 Jul.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11461419
RESUMEN
It is shown that the decompressive shock, i.e., a shock where the pressure behind the front is smaller than the pressure ahead of it, is possible in a radiative plasma; this is in contrast to the situation in classic gas dynamics. An example of a steady state decompressive shock wave for a simple, but realistic model for radiative losses is presented. It is shown that it satisfies the Landau stability criteria.