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Discontinuities in an anisotropic plasma and their identification in the solar wind
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The types of discontinuity which can occur in a magnetohydrodynamic fluid with anistotropic pressure are discussed in this article, and rules are given for the identification of the type of discontinuities together with equations to determine their orientation and velocity.About:
This article is published in Planetary and Space Science.The article was published on 1970-11-01. It has received 343 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Shocks and discontinuities & Discontinuity (geotechnical engineering).read more
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Anisotropic unstable ion distribution functions downstream of the solar wind termination shock
Hans-Jörg Fahr,M. Siewert +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the Boltzmann-Vlasov equation for the ions is used to describe the ion passage over the quasiperpendicular portion of the solar wind MHD termination shock.
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Plasma entry across the distant tail magnetopause 1. Global properties and IMF dependence
TL;DR: In this article, the authors classified the magnetopause crossings into three (open, closed, and ambiguous) types based on the jump conditions for the MHD discontinuities and statistically investigated the properties of these boundaries.
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Derivation of temperature anisotropy from shock jump relations: Theory and observations
J. K. Chao,X. X. Zhang,Paul Song +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, the MHD Rankine-Hugoniot (RH) relations for low-β, quasi-perpendicular (Q-⟂) laminar bow shock crossings with temperature anisotropy measured in the magnetosheath were considered.
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Effect of flux tubes in the solar wind on the diffusion of energetic particles
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the effects of flux tubes on the transport of energetic particles in the solar wind and showed that flux tubes can lead to stronger scatterings of particles in directions both parallel and perpendicular to the large-scale background magnetic field.
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What is the nature of magnetosheath FTEs
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used cluster multipoint measurements to study two successive magnetosheath flux transfer events (FTEs) and found that magnetic field lines in the leading region are closed magnetospheric field lines.
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Electrodynamics of continuous media
TL;DR: In this article, the propagation of electromagnetic waves and X-ray diffraction of X rays in crystals are discussed. But they do not consider the effects of superconductivity on superconducting conductors.
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Discontinuities in the solar wind
D. S. Colburn,Charles P. Sonett +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the existence of a field of MHD discontinuities in the solar wind should make possible the generation of ensembles of shocks and contact surfaces, which can be treated as shock wave or contact surface.
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Power spectra and discontinuities of the interplanetary magnetic field - Mariner 4.
TL;DR: Power spectra and fluctuations of interplanetary magnetic field from Mariner 4 data for solar active and quiet days as mentioned in this paper, for both active and non-active solar active days.
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Micro-scale structures in the interplanetary medium
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe and analyze the following micro-scale structures which were found in combined interplanetary magnetic field and plasma data obtained by the deep-space probe Pioneer-6: (1) Several types of simultaneous discontinuities in the magnetic fields and plasma parameters; (2) at least one clear example of a transitional region (D-sheet) associated with a plasma discontinuity; (3) other D-sheets which give evidence of magnetic field annihilation; inhomogeneous isothermal regions in which the square of the magnetic-field intensity is proportional to the
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