Annotation
А new scenario of time evolution of small-amplitude trans-Alfvenic shock waves is suggested. The scenario is the oscillatory disintegration, i.e., the mutually reversible transformation into an Alfven discontinuity. Simultaneously, shock and self-similar waves are emitted and contact discontinuities occur. Thus, а nonevolutionary shock wave cannot exist as а steady flow.
© 2016 Publisher M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University
Authors
S.A. Markovskii
Sternberg State Institute of Astronomy
Sternberg State Institute of Astronomy
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