NONRELATIVISTIC PARALLEL SHOCKS IN UNMAGNETIZED AND WEAKLY MAGNETIZED PLASMAS
NONRELATIVISTIC PARALLEL SHOCKS IN UNMAGNETIZED AND WEAKLY MAGNETIZED PLASMAS
We present results of 2D3V particle-in-cell simulations of nonrelativistic plasma collisions with absent or parallel large-scale magnetic field for parameters applicable to the conditions at young supernova remnants. We study the collision of plasma slabs of different density, leading to two different shocks and a contact discontinuity. Electron dynamics play …