SPECTRUM OF EPITHERMAL ELECTRONS ACCELERATED BY A COLLISIONLESS SHOCK-WAVE

Authors
BYKOV AM UVAROV YA
Citation
Am. Bykov et Ya. Uvarov, SPECTRUM OF EPITHERMAL ELECTRONS ACCELERATED BY A COLLISIONLESS SHOCK-WAVE, JETP letters, 57(10), 1993, pp. 644-647
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JETP letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00213640
Volume
57
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
644 - 647
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-3640(1993)57:10<644:SOEEAB>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A model is proposed for the energy spectrum of epithermal electrons ne ar the front of a strong, quasilongitudinal, supercritical, collisionl ess shock wave. The spectrum is calculated. The relative number of ele ctrons injected from the thermal background into the nonthermal distri bution depends exponentially on the Mach number of the shock wave.