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Astrophysical Shocks

Astrophysical Shocks is a discontinuous flow structure in compressible fluid dynamics characterized by abrupt changes in fluid properties such as density, pressure, and temperature, arising from supersonic motions in astrophysical environments and governed by the conservation laws of mass, momentum, and energy.

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Astrophysical Shock Waves

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The acceleration of cosmic rays in shock fronts - I

A. R. Bell · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1978 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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Particle acceleration by astrophysical shocks

R. D. Blandford, Jeremiah P. Ostriker · The Astrophysical Journal · 1978 · 2K citations

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Particle acceleration at astrophysical shocks: A theory of cosmic ray origin

R. D. Blandford, David Eichler · Physics Reports · 1987 · 2K citations

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Virial shocks in galactic haloes?

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2003 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Nonlinear theory of diffusive acceleration of particles by shock waves

Mikhail Malkov, L. O’C. Drury · Reports on Progress in Physics · 2001 · 811 citations

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  1. HK
    Hyesung Kang

    Pusan National University, South Korea

    26 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. JC
    J. C. Raymond

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    20 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. DR
    Dongsu Ryu

    Chungnam National University, South Korea

    22 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. GP
    G. P. Zank

    University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States

    23 publications · 984 citations

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  5. RP
    R. P. Drake

    University of Michigan, United States

    17 publications · 1.2K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    33 h-index

    203 publications

    7.8K citations

  2. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    33 h-index

    80 publications

    4K citations

  3. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    31 h-index

    102 publications

    7.3K citations

  4. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    26 h-index

    53 publications

    4.8K citations

  5. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    25 h-index

    43 publications

    3.6K citations

  6. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    72 publications

    2.7K citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Germany

    22 h-index

    49 publications

    5.3K citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    22 h-index

    48 publications

    4K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 405 publications · 27.9K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    156 publications · 11.1K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 96 publications · 3.9K citations

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    77 publications · 3K citations

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    30 publications · 1.3K citations

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