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The evolution of the leading edge of a large amplitude perturbation is studied to investigate the formation of a perpendicular MHD shock wave. The results are applicable to metric and kilometric solar type II bursts.
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Vršnak, B. (2001). Formation of Coronal Shock Waves. In: Hanslmeier, A., Messerotti, M., Veronig, A. (eds) The Dynamic Sun. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 259. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0760-3_18
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