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arxiv: astro-ph/0406603 · v2 · submitted 2004-06-27 · 🌌 astro-ph · gr-qc· physics.flu-dyn

Self-similar imploding relativistic shock waves

classification 🌌 astro-ph gr-qcphysics.flu-dyn
keywords shockimplodingrelativisticsolutionswaveproblemself-similarstrong
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Self-similar solutions to the problem of a strong imploding relativistic shock wave are calculated. These solutions represent the relativistic generalisation of the Newtonian Gouderley-Landau-Stanyukovich problem of a strong imploding spherical shock wave converging to a centre. The solutions are found assuming that the pre-shocked flow has a uniform density, and are accurate for sufficiently large times after the formation of the shock wave.

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