Kinetic Simulations of the interruption of large-amplitude Shear-Alfvén waves in a high-β plasma

Using two-dimensional hybrid-kinetic simulations, we explore the nonlinear "interruption" of standing and traveling shear-Alfvén waves in collisionless plasmas. Interruption involves a self-generated pressure anisotropy removing the restoring force of a linearly polarized Alfvénic perturba...

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Главные авторы: Squire, J, Kunz, M, Quataert, E, Schekochihin, A
Формат: Journal article
Язык:English
Опубликовано: American Physical Society 2017