Synchrotron Firehose Instability
We demonstrate using linear theory and particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations that a synchrotron-cooling collisionless plasma acquires pressure anisotropy and, if the plasma beta is sufficiently high, becomes unstable to the firehose instability, in a process that we dub the synchrotron firehose instabi...
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| Formato: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2023-01-01
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| Colecção: | The Astrophysical Journal |
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| Acesso em linha: | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acaf54 |