Open AccessLimit shocks of relativistic magnetohydrodynamics
Author(s) -
Komissarov S. S.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06446.x
Subject(s) - physics , magnetohydrodynamics , shock (circulatory) , limit (mathematics) , newtonian limit , newtonian fluid , astrophysics , classical mechanics , mechanics , shock wave , magnetohydrodynamic drive , plasma , nuclear physics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , medicine
In this paper we show that switch‐on and switch‐off shocks are allowed by the shock equations of relativistic MHD and have similar properties to their Newtonian counterparts. Just like in Newtonian MHD they are limits of fast and slow shock solutions and as such they may be classified as weakly evolutionary shocks.