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Pudovkin et al. 1997

Pudovkin, M.I., Meister, C., Besser, B.P. and Biernat, H.K. (1997). The effective polytropic index in a magnetized plasma. Journal of Geophysical Research 102: doi: 10.1029/97JA02447. issn: 0148-0227.

The effective polytropic index &ggr;eff in a magnetized anisotropic plasma is obtained in the frame of one-fluid, double-adiabatic magnetohydrodynamics. The value of &ggr;eff is found to depend on the characteristics of the plasma flow, and on the temperature anisotropy. It is shown that the most probable value of &ggr;eff is 1.4--1.9 at the bow shock, and it may be less than unity in the magnetopause region. ¿ 1997 American Geophysical Union

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Keywords
Interplanetary Physics, Planetary bow shocks, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers, Magnetospheric Physics, Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions, Space Plasma Physics, Kinetic and MHD theory

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Journal of Geophysical Research
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