| Shock Waves in the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe (2008) | |||||||||
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| Cosmological shock waves are induced during hierarchical formation of large-scale structure in the universe. Like most astrophysical shocks, they are collisionless, since they form in the tenuous intergalactic medium through electromagnetic viscosities. The gravitational energy released during structure formation is transferred by these shocks to the intergalactic gas as heat, cosmic-rays, turbulence, and magnetic fields. Here we briefly describe the properties and consequences of the shock waves in the context of the large-scale structure of the universe.. Comment: Submitted to Astrophysics and Space Science (Special Issue for the proceedings of International Conference on HEDP/HEDLA-08). Pdf with full resolution Figure 1 can be downloaded from http://canopus.cnu.ac.kr/ryu/rk.pdf | |||||||||
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