Interaction of an Acceleration Wave with a Strong Shock in Transient Pinched Plasma

Abstract

In this paper, the evolution of an acceleration wave for the system of partial differential equations describing one dimensional, unsteady, axisymmetric motion of transient pinched plasma has been considered. The amplitude of the acceleration w ave propagating along the characteristic associated with the largest eigenvalue has been evaluated. The interaction of the strong shock with the acceleration wave has been in vestigated. Effects of ambient density exponent and magnetic induction has been investigated.

Keywords

• shock wave; acceleration wave; interaction of waves; plasma.