A converging, cylindrical, ionizing shock

Abstract

The investigation deals with a collapsing, cylindrical, ionizing shock in an applied axial magnetic field. The magnetic field in the nonconducting gas ahead of the shock increases as the shock converges and the consequent increase in the Lorentz force behind the shock produces a retardation. It is shown that no accelerating self-similar solution exists and the governing equations are then solved numerically.