Acceleration waves, shock formation and stability in a gravitating atmosphere
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Acceleration waves, shock formation and stability in a gravitating atmosphere
zbMATH Open document ID: 0663.76062
DOI: 10.1007/BF00643618
author: Tomasso Ruggeri
author: Augusto Muracchini
published in: Astrophysics and Space Science
publication date: 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The shock formation in a gravitating atmosphere is studied by following the general nonlinear theory of discontinuity waves. In particular, we perform a discussion on the stability of an isothermal and isoentropic atmosphere and we evaluate, when the shock appears, the critical time and the critical height. Some numerical results for the solar and terrestrial atmospheres are also given.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76L05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 85A20
zbMATH DE Number: 4085263
zbMATH Keywords: shock formation
zbMATH Keywords: gravitating atmosphere
zbMATH Keywords: discontinuity waves
zbMATH Keywords: stability
zbMATH Keywords: isoentropic atmosphere
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00643618
OpenAlex ID: W1986636967
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4085263