Analytical solutions of specific classes of astrophysical radiating shocks

Emeric Falize (1, 2) , Claire Michaut (2) , Serge Bouquet (1) , Cécile Cavet (2)

1 DPTA - Département de Physique Théorique et Appliquée
2 LUTH (UMR_8102) - Laboratoire Univers et Théories

In this paper we study specific classes of radiating shocks which are widely spread in astrophysical environments. We present more general solutions of their structure and proceed to the analytical determination of physical quantities.

Mots clés: Radiative shocks; polars; high-energy density physics

Domaines: Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique [astro-ph.CO]; Astrophysique [astro-ph]

Emeric Falize, Claire Michaut, Serge Bouquet, Cécile Cavet. Analytical solutions of specific classes of astrophysical radiating shocks. SF2A proceeding, 2007, pp.4. ⟨hal-00272782⟩