Magnetic ionization fronts - III. Internal structures

Citation
Rjr. Williams et Je. Dyson, Magnetic ionization fronts - III. Internal structures, M NOT R AST, 325(1), 2001, pp. 293-304
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
00358711 → ACNP
Volume
325
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
293 - 304
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(20010721)325:1<293:MIF-II>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We present calculations of the internal structures of stationary ionization fronts with oblique upstream magnetic fields. Solutions are found only wit hin the range of upstream parameters allowed by the evolutionary conditions derived by us in a previous paper. As is the case for hydrodynamic ionizat ion fronts, overheating of the gas within the front can mean that not all t he solutions allowed by the evolutionary conditions correspond to resolved internal structures. Some, but not all, of these jumps can be realized by s tructures with included subshocks: we present a full range of internal stru ctures for fronts close to criticality, and discuss how to avoid spurious ' strong-R' type solutions. The solutions we study suggest that significant transverse velocities and m odulations of the perpendicular magnetic field may characterize obliquely m agnetized ionization fronts. We briefly discuss the observability of the in ternal structures.