Three-dimensional structure and stability of discontinuities between unmagnetized pair plasma and magnetized electron-proton plasma
We study with a 3D particle-in-cell simulation discontinuities between an electron–positron pair plasma and magnetized electrons and protons. A pair plasma is injected at one simulation boundary with a speed 0.6 c along its normal. It expands into an electron-proton plasma and a magnetic field that...
Main Authors: | M E Dieckmann, D Folini, M Falk, A Bock, P Steneteg, R Walder |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2023-01-01
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Series: | New Journal of Physics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/acdd19 |
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