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Energetic reprocessing for four shocks with b = 0.1. The pie charts show the percentage of energy lost relative to the input kinetic energy flux. The kinetic energy flux is primarily converted to heat, which goes to exciting the atoms and molecules that then radiate the energy away. This radiation is either from H2 (rotational and vibrational emission), other molecules (primarily CO, OH and H2O), or atoms (primarily H, O, and S). Some kinetic energy goes into compressing the magnetic field (“mag”), dissociating H2 collisionally (“H2 chem”), or atoms/molecules thermalizing with grains (“grain”). The percentages are shown in each pie slice, and the input shock parameters inside the pies. The input parameters all result in the shocks being J-type shocks, and model A is marked.

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