Accession Number:

AD0423694

Title:

SHOCK RELATIONS IN A DENSE HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

BRANDEIS UNIV WALTHAM MA

Personal Author(s):

• Kang, Ik-Ju
• Goldstein, Jack S.

Report Date:

1963-03-21

Pagination or Media Count:

23.0

Abstract:

Shock relations are established for the dense high temperature gas, introducing relativistic concepts. It is assumed that the self-consistent static electric field does not play a significant role in the shock relations. From these relations, the heating effect due to the passage of the shock waves through a degenerate gas is deduced explicitly, indicating large heating effects. The results may be of significance in understanding the supernova phenomenon.

Descriptors:

• *DENSE GASES
• *SHOCK WAVES
• *STARS
• ENERGY
• ELECTRIC FIELDS
• ELECTRONS
• HEATING
• ACOUSTIC SIGNALS
• MOMENTUM
• GAS IONIZATION
• HUGONIOT EQUATIONS
• STATIC ELECTRICITY
• HIGH TEMPERATURE
• SUPERNOVAE
• DENSITY
• TEMPERATURE

Subject Categories:

• Fluid Mechanics
• Astrophysics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE