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Study of the fine structure of charged particles flows in the bow shock wave

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The paper presents a study of the bow shock wave based on the data from an energy ion spectrometer installed on board the satellite Prognoz 8. In the experiment both the vector of total ion flux and the ion energy spectra were measured, the energy range being from 0·16 to 4·2 keV with the time resolution of about 1 sec. The paper describes a statistical data processing of basic parameters from several consecutive shock wave crossings, following each other in short time intervals. The results, compared with the behaviour of other parameters characteristic for this region, enable to draw a qualitative conclusion about the processes responsible for fast thermalization in the region after the shock wave front.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Vacuum Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, V Holešovičkách 2, 18000, Praha 8, Czechoslovakia

    I. Kozák, Z. Němeček & J. Šafránková

  2. Space Research Institute, Acad. Sci. of the USSR, Moscow, USSR

    G. N. Zastenker

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  1. I. Kozák
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We would like to express our thanks to Dr. Russel who kindly supplied the data from ISEE-3 mag. field measurements. We are grateful to Dr. Vaisberg for many valuable suggestions concerning data processing and interpretation.

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Kozák, I., Němeček, Z., Šafránková, J. et al. Study of the fine structure of charged particles flows in the bow shock wave. Czech J Phys 37, 239–249 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01597672

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