http://arxiv.org/abs/1911.08263
Ion temperature anisotropy is a common feature for (quasi-)perpendicular collisionless shocks. By using two-dimensional full particle simulations, it is shown, that the ion temperature component perpendicular to the shock magnetic field at the shock foot region is proportional to the square of the Alfven Mach number divided by the plasma beta. This result is also explained by a simple analytical argument, in which the reflected ions get energy from upstream plasma flow. By comparing our analytic and numerical results, it is also confirmed that the fraction of the reflected ions hardly depends on the plasma beta and the Alfven Mach number when the square of the Alfven Mach number divided by the plasma beta is larger than about 20.
R. Yamazaki, A. Shinoda, T. Umeda, et. al.
Thu, 21 Nov 19
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Comments: 6 pages, 3 figures, 1 table. AIP Advances, in press
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