Collisionless shock wave

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Author: Dr. J. M. Laming, Naval Research Laboratory, USA

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Dr. J. M. Laming accepted the invitation on 5 January 2009 (self-imposed deadline: 5 July 2009).

Collisionless shock waves in gases and plasmas are loosely defined as shock transitions that occur on a length scale shorter than collisional mean free path of the gas particles.

Suggested by: Dr. John Raymond, Harvard-Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA
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