COLLISIONLESS SHOCK-WAVES

被引：33

作者：

SAGDEEV, RZ

KENNEL, CF

机构：

[1] UNIV MARYLAND,DEPT PHYS,COLLEGE PK,MD 20742

[2] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES,PHYS,LOS ANGELES,CA 90024

[3] TRW CO INC,SYST GRP,REDONDO BEACH,CA 90278

来源：

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN | 1991年 / 264卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1038/scientificamerican0491-106

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The sonic boom of a jet aircraft is caused by a shock wave carried along by molecules colliding in the air. In the near vacuum of space, particle collisions are rare. Yet, as the authors theorized years ago, shock waves do exist in space, transmitted through the tenuous plasma by electric and magnetic fields. These shock waves help explain some of the most violent phenomena in the universe.

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页码：106 / 113

页数：8