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Slow mode shocks propagating in open and closed magnetic fields

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A 2-D MHD model is used to investigate the propagation of slow mode shocks in the open and closed magnetic fields of the meridional plane near the sun. The solutions demonstrate that a forward slow shock could retain its slow shock characteristics into interplanetary space in the magnetically open region; however, it can evolve into an intermediate shock through the helmet-type current sheet to the open magnetic field.

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  1. Lab of Numerical Study for Heliospheric Physics, Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100080, Beijing, China

    Lü Jianyong & Wei Fengsi

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and partially the SIGMA Weather Project.

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Lü, J., Wei, F. Slow mode shocks propagating in open and closed magnetic fields. Sci. China Ser. A-Math. 42, 414–422 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02874261

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