Density jump as a function of magnetic field strength for parallel collisionless shocks in pair plasmas
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Plasma Physics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0022-3778,1469-7807
DOI: 10.1017/s0022377818001125