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Intermediate shocks in three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic bow-shock flows with multiple interacting shock fronts


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dc.creatorCable, S
dc.creatorLin, Y
dc.creatorHolloway, J
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-08T21:01:29Z
dc.date.available2022-11-08T21:01:29Z
dc.date.created2007
dc.identifier10.1029/2007JA012419en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2007JA012419en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://aurora.auburn.edu/handle/11200/50453
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.35099/aurora-521
dc.description.abstractPrevious MHD simulations predict that when switch-on shock conditions obtain in the solar wind, the bow shock produced in front of an ellipsoidal obstacle will produce a unique bow shock configuration that includes a concave intermediate shock region at the nose of the shock. These simulations have been carried out with hard shell inner boundary conditions. We extend these studies by investigating the configuration of the bow shock when the obstacle is a terrestrial magnetic dipole field. It is found that, in contrast to the typical fast shock, reconnection at the magnetosphere affects the structure of the upstream magnetosheath and bow shock considerably. Asymmetry in magnetic reconnection rates between the northern and southern hemispheres changes the bow shock configuration notably. In the hemisphere where the dipole field is largely antiparallel to the interplanetary magnetic field, the intermediate shock is eliminated in favor of a standard fast shock. In the other hemisphere, however, the intermediate shock still forms as an important, stable element of the overall shock configuration. We also launch a solar wind MHD fast shock into the simulation domain and observe how the resulting waves transmit and reflect in the magnetosheath and magnetosphere and how the general morphology of the bow shock changes.en_US
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dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Unionen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICSen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries2169-9380en_US
dc.rights©American Geophysical Union 2007. This is this the version of record co-published by the American Geophysical Union and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. It is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Item should be cited as:Cable, S., Lin, Y., & Holloway, J. L. (2007). Intermediate shocks in three‐dimensional magnetohydrodynamic bow‐shock flows with multiple interacting shock fronts. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 112(A9).en_US
dc.titleIntermediate shocks in three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic bow-shock flows with multiple interacting shock frontsen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dc.type.genreJournal Article, Academic Journalen_US
dc.citation.volume112en_US
dc.citation.issueA9en_US
dc.description.statusPublisheden_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US

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