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Ion acoustic stability analysis of the Earth's bow shock
Author(s) -
Greenstadt E. W.,
Formisano V.,
Russell C. T.,
Neugebauer M.,
Scarf F. L.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl005i005p00399
Subject(s) - bow shock (aerodynamics) , shock (circulatory) , bow wave , shock wave , marginal stability , stability (learning theory) , ion , geophysics , physics , instability , geology , perpendicular , mechanics , solar wind , plasma , computer science , geometry , mathematics , nuclear physics , medicine , quantum mechanics , machine learning
Application of a marginal ion acoustic stability criterion to five thin bow shock observations provides new evidence in support of the criterion as the basis for determining the thickness of the magnetic gradients of subcritical, quasi‐perpendicular shock structures.