We consider the corrugation instability of a self-similar flow with an accelerating shock in the highly relativistic regime. We derive the correct dispersion relation for the proper modes in the self-similar regime and conclude that this solution is unstable.

On the stability of accelerating relativistic shock waves

Palma Giuseppe;
2006

Abstract

We consider the corrugation instability of a self-similar flow with an accelerating shock in the highly relativistic regime. We derive the correct dispersion relation for the proper modes in the self-similar regime and conclude that this solution is unstable.
2006
hydrodynamics
shock waves
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