Cosmic ray modified shock

by Denis Malishev

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A synonim of non-linear shock. Sometimes by the term cosmic ray modified shock one understands shocks with compression ratio (the highest possible compression ratio predicted by Chevalier model for SNR shocks without particle escape). In numerical simulations the factor could reach values up to .
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Cosmic ray modified shock