Jump Conditions of a Shock with Current in Cylindrical Non-Neutral Plasma
HE Yong1, HU Xi-Wei1, HU Ye-Min2
1College of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074
2Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031
Jump Conditions of a Shock with Current in Cylindrical Non-Neutral Plasma
HE Yong1;HU Xi-Wei1;HU Ye-Min2
1College of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074
2Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031
Abstract： Jump conditions of the parameters (mass flow, momentum flow and energy flow) of a shock with current (thereby, electric and magnetic field) in cylindrical non-neutral plasma are presented and derived from Maxwell’s equations and two fluid equations for electron and ion fluid. The critical Mach number for the shock existence is calculated, which depends on the shock carried current, the ion charge, and the composition of the magnetic and thermal pressure. The numerical results show that both the strength and profiles of the downstream shock parameters will be affected obviously by the shock carried current, electric and magnetic field in the two-dimensional shock.
HE Yong;HU Xi-Wei;HU Ye-Min. Jump Conditions of a Shock with Current in Cylindrical Non-Neutral Plasma[J]. 中国物理快报, 2006, 23(1): 165-168.
HE Yong, HU Xi-Wei, HU Ye-Min. Jump Conditions of a Shock with Current in Cylindrical Non-Neutral Plasma. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2006, 23(1): 165-168.
2006, Vol. 23 
