Fully Kinetic Simulation of 3D Kinetic Alfvén Turbulence

We present results from a three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation of plasma turbulence, resembling the plasma conditions found at kinetic scales of the solar wind. The spectral properties of the turbulence in the subion range are consistent with theoretical expectations for kinetic Alfvén wave...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Grošelj, Daniel, Mallet, Alfred, Jenko, Frank, Gomes Loureiro, Nuno F
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Format: Article
Published: American Physical Society (APS) 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117845
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9755-6563