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Accretion Shocks

Accretion Shocks is a physical phenomenon in astrophysical accretion processes wherein supersonic inflow of matter onto a gravitational body abruptly decelerates, converting kinetic energy into thermal energy through a discontinuous jump in fluid properties governed by shock dynamics.

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Stability of Standing Accretion Shocks, with an Eye toward Core‐Collapse Supernovae

John M. Blondin, Anthony Mezzacappa, Christine DeMarino · The Astrophysical Journal · 2003 · 695 citations · Full text

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A New Mechanism for Core‐Collapse Supernova Explosions

Adam Burrows, E. Livne, Luc Dessart et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2006 · 382 citations · Full text

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Standing Rankine-Hugoniot shocks in the hybrid model flows of the black hole accretion and winds

Sandip K. Chakrabarti · The Astrophysical Journal · 1989 · 299 citations

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Nonlinear instabilities in shock-bounded slabs

The Astrophysical Journal · 1994 · 292 citations · Full text

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Properties of Cosmic Shock Waves in Large‐Scale Structure Formation

Francesco Miniati, Dongsu Ryu, Hyesung Kang et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2000 · 283 citations · Full text

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  1. KW
    Kinwah Wu

    University College London, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 443 citations

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  2. SK
    Sandip K. Chakrabarti

    Indian Centre for Space Physics, India

    12 publications · 730 citations

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  3. LP
    L. Podio

    Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, Italy

    6 publications · 276 citations

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  4. CC
    C. Codella

    Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, Italy

    6 publications · 276 citations

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  5. SD
    Santabrata Das

    Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

    7 publications · 192 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    84 publications

    3.7K citations

  2. University of Palermo

    Palermo, Italy

    13 h-index

    37 publications

    1.6K citations

  3. Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo

    Palermo, Italy

    13 h-index

    68 publications

    2.8K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Germany

    13 h-index

    23 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    13 h-index

    23 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    35 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    28 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences

    Kolkata, India

    11 h-index

    17 publications

    579 citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 85 publications · 6.6K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    24 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

    Repository · 8 publications · 428 citations

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  5. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

    Repository · 6 publications · 158 citations

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