caa a22 4500 386368201 CHVBK 20180307111944.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198910 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022377800014379 doi S0022377800014379 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022377800014379 MHD intermediate shock discontinuities. Part 1. Rankine—Hugoniot conditions [Elektronische Daten] Recent numerical investigations have focused attention once more on the role of intermediate shocks in MHD. Four types of intermediate shock are identified using a graphical representation of the MHD Rankine-Hugoniot conditions. This same representation can be used to exhibit the close relationship of intermediate shocks to switch-on shocks and rotational discontinuities. The conditions under which intermediate discontinuities can be found are elucidated. The variations in velocity, pressure, entropy and magnetic-field jumps with upstream parameters in intermediate shocks are exhibited graphically. The evolutionary arguments traditionally advanced against intermediate shocks may fail because the equations of classical MHD are not strictly hyperbolic. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Kennel C. F. Theoretical Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. Blandford R. D. Theoretical Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. Coppi P. Theoretical Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. Journal of Plasma Physics Cambridge University Press 42/2(1989-10), 299-319 0022-3778 42:2<299 1989 42 PLA https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377800014379 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377800014379 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kennel C. F. Theoretical Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Blandford R. D. Theoretical Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Coppi P. Theoretical Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Plasma Physics Cambridge University Press 42/2(1989-10), 299-319 0022-3778 42:2<299 1989 42 PLA CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge