Abstract
Ionizing shocks reflected by a transverse magnetic field “barrier” heat and compress the plasma at the barrier. Numerical results are presented for an ideal gas (typical values for hydrogen initially at 100 MTorr and room temperature). Resolution of the arbitrary discontinuity formed by the incident shock at the barrier field is discussed in detail. The recent work of Bout and Gross is extended to an additional branch of solutions corresponding to applied magnetic fields greater than their critical field. Calculations using a simplified transverse ionizing shock structure are compared to the pure gas dynamic and pure magnetohydrodynamic cases. The range of validity of the ideal gas approximation is reviewed briefly.
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