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MHD/Shocks: Specularly Reflected Ions

This module allows you to vary the solar wind velocity, magnetic field strength, and angle of the field and shock normal, and then to calculate the distance to which ions are reflected back into the solar wind before they begin to drift back toward the shock.

Solar wind/shock observations
Upstream velocity:
Magnetic field strength:
θBn:
Shock parameters
Foot length: