SH004
Collisionless Shock Waves in Astrophysical Plasmas
Collisionless Shock Waves in Astrophysical Plasmas
Session ID#: 71690
Session Description:
Collisionless shocks are ubiquitous in heliospheric and astrophysical plasmas, producing a wide range of phenomena from microscopic energy dissipation to macroscopic foreshocks filled with suprathermal-to-ultrarelativistic shock accelerated particles. There still are several open questions about these phenomena despite the significant advances made with recent in situ observations by, e.g., Cassini, Cluster, MMS, Wind, STEREO, and THEMIS. This session is inclusive to all topics regarding collisionless shock waves in astrophysical plasmas, including but not limited to interplanetary shocks and planetary bow shocks. Therefore, we invite presentations that focus on shock-related processes from both theory/simulation and observational work. A concerted effort to fully understand the fundamental physics of collisionless shocks will increase the science return of future missions like Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter and can aid missions under study, e.g., IMAP.
Index Terms:
7829 Kinetic waves and instabilities [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
7845 Particle acceleration [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
7846 Plasma energization [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
7851 Shock waves [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
Primary Convener: Lynn B Wilson III, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners: Drew L Turner, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Katherine Goodrich, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Alessandro Retino, Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, Palaiseau, France
Primary Liaison: Lynn B Wilson III, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
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