Table 2: Cooling length of a radiative shock for gas with a ratio of specific heats, $\gamma =5/3$ , and cooling exponent, $\alpha =0$ . $L_{\rm c}'$ in appropriate units can be obtained by multiplying by the numerical values of $\bar{m} k/\Lambda_{0}$ (note that in this work we also specify that $\rho _{0}=1$ and v₀=1). There is convergence in the value of $x_{\rm b}$ as M increases.
M $L_{\rm c}'$ $x_{\rm b}$ $L_{\rm c}$

1.40 0.171 0.545 9.294E-02

2.00 5.966E-02 0.685 4.087E-02

3.00 2.716E-02 0.748 2.032E-02

5.00 1.633E-02 0.769 1.256E-02

10.0 1.278E-02 0.776 9.917E-03

20.0 1.198E-02 0.777 9.307E-03

40.0 1.178E-02 0.778 9.167E-03

**Table 2:** Cooling length of a radiative shock for gas with a ratio of specific heats, $\gamma =5/3$ , and cooling exponent, $\alpha =0$ . $L_{\rm c}'$ in appropriate units can be obtained by multiplying by the numerical values of $\bar{m} k/\Lambda_{0}$ (note that in this work we also specify that $\rho _{0}=1$ and v₀=1). There is convergence in the value of $x_{\rm b}$ as M increases.
M	$L_{\rm c}'$	$x_{\rm b}$	$L_{\rm c}$
1.40	0.171	0.545	9.294E-02
2.00	5.966E-02	0.685	4.087E-02
3.00	2.716E-02	0.748	2.032E-02
5.00	1.633E-02	0.769	1.256E-02
10.0	1.278E-02	0.776	9.917E-03
20.0	1.198E-02	0.777	9.307E-03
40.0	1.178E-02	0.778	9.167E-03

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	1 Introduction
	2 Properties of low Mach number shocks
	3 Hydrodynamical simulations
	4 Discussion
	5 Summary
	References