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Transient bow shock around a cylinder in a supersonic dusty plasma
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Transient bow shock around a cylinder in a supersonic dusty plasma

John K Meyer and Robert L Merlino
Physics of plasmas, Vol.20(7), p.74501
07/2013
DOI: 10.1063/1.4812460

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Abstract

Visual observations of the formation of a bow shock in the transient supersonic flow of a dusty plasma incident on a biased cylinder are presented. The bow shock formed when the advancing front of a streaming dust cloud was reflected by the obstacle. After its formation, the density jump of the bow shock increased as it moved upstream of the obstacle. A physical picture for the formation of the electrohydrodynamic bow shock is discussed. © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.

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