Abstract
Interactions between magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) discontinuities are studied through numerical simulations for the set of one-dimensional MHD equations. The interactions include the impact of a shock on a contact discontinuity, the collision of two shocks, and the catchup of a shock over another shock. The shocks involved in the interactions may be very strong. Each shock in an interaction may be either a fast or a slow shock.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3662-3675 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Physics of Plasmas |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 1994 |