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EnglishResults are presented from a detailed study of the formation and subsequent damping of strong relativistic shocks in a fluid obeying the Synge equation of state for a relativistic particle gas. The study is confined to planar one-dimensional flow within the flat space-time of special relativity. The simple wave relations are derived and compared with corresponding shock solutions. A detailed comparison of the Synge gas and a photon-dominated gas is given. It is shown that for a given velocity gradient, the compression ratio is higher for the photon-dominated gas than for the Synge gas, whereas the temperature and the internal energy are increased by more in the Synge gas. The photon-dominated gas also produces more entropy than the Synge gas. The results may be pertinent to the study of supernovae, extragalactic radio sources, and pregalactic fluctuations.
| Titolo: | Formation and damping of relativistic strong shocks in a Synge gas |
| Autori: | Lanza, A.; Miller, J. C.; Motta, S. |
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| Data di pubblicazione: | 1985 |
| Volume: | 28 |
| Fascicolo: | 1 |
| Pagina iniziale: | 97 |
| Pagina finale: | 103 |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.865132 |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Journal article |
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