Magnetic field production via the Weibel instability in interpenetrating plasma flows
Many astrophysical systems are effectively “collisionless,” that is, the mean free path for collisions between particles is much longer than the size of the system. The absence of particle collisions does not preclude shock formation, however, as shocks can be the result of plasma instabilities that...
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| Format: | Journal article |
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American Institute of Physics
2017
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