Turbulence and Magnetic Fields in Astrophysical Plasmas by Schekochihin, A, Cowley, S

“…They are also good examples of a complication that is more or less generic in astrophysical plasmas: the MHD description is, in fact, insufficient for astrophysical turbulence and plasma physics must make an entrance.…”

Kinetic simulations of magnetized turbulence in astrophysical plasmas. by Howes, G, Dorland, W, Cowley, S, Hammett, G, Quataert, E, Schekochihin, A, Tatsuno, T

Line radiation effects in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas by Kerr, F, Gouveia, A, Renner, O, Rose, S, Scott, H, Wark, J

Nonlinear growth of firehose and mirror fluctuations in astrophysical plasmas. by Schekochihin, A, Cowley, S, Kulsrud, R, Rosin, MS, Heinemann, T

“…The presence of small-scale magnetic fluctuations may dramatically affect the transport properties and, thereby, the large-scale dynamics of the high-beta astrophysical plasmas.…”

Comment on "Kinetic Simulations of Magnetized Turbulence in Astrophysical Plasmas'' - Reply by Howes, G, Cowley, S, Dorland, W, Hammett, G, Quataert, E, Schekochihin, A, Tatsuno, T

Developed turbulence and nonlinear amplification of magnetic fields in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. by Meinecke, J, Tzeferacos, P, Bell, A, Bingham, R, Clarke, R, Churazov, E, Crowston, R, Doyle, H, Drake, R, Heathcote, R, Koenig, M, Kuramitsu, Y, Kuranz, C, Lee, D, MacDonald, M, Murphy, C, Notley, M, Park, H, Pelka, A, Ravasio, A, Reville, B, Sakawa, Y, Wan, W, Woolsey, N, Yurchak, R, Miniati, F, Schekochihin, A, Lamb, D, Gregori, G

A hybrid gyrokinetic ion and isothermal electron fluid code for astrophysical plasma by Kawazura, Y, Barnes, M

“…This paper describes a new code for simulating astrophysical plasmas that solves a hybrid model composed of gyrokinetic ions (GKI) and an isothermal electron fluid (ITEF) [A. …”

Thomson scattering measurement of a collimated plasma jet generated by a high-power laser system by Ishikawa, T, Sakawa, Y, Morita, T, Yamaura, Y, Kuramitsu, Y, Moritaka, T, Sano, T, Shimoda, R, Tomita, K, Uchino, K, Matsukiyo, S, Mizuta, A, Ohnishi, N, Crowston, R, Woolsey, N, Doyle, H, Gregori, G, Koenig, M, Michaut, C, Pelka, A, Yuan, D, Li, Y, Zhang, K, Zhong, J, Wang, F, Takabe, H

“…We have been investigating a model experiment to simulate astrophysical plasma jets with an external magnetic field [Nishio et al., EPJ. …”

Cosmic ray injection at SNR shocks: a laboratory for radio galaxy plasma physics? by Dendy, R, McClements, K, Laing, R, Dieckmann, M

“…However this approach omits several physical elements that are now standard in other branches of laboratory, space, and astrophysical plasma physics, and we examine whether current observations of extragalactic radio sources motivate extensions to the standard paradigm. …”

Howes et al. Reply by Howes, G, Cowley, S, Dorland, W, Hammett, G, Quataert, E, Schekochihin, A, Tatsuno, T

“…Reply to Comment on "Kinetic Simulations of Magnetized Turbulence in Astrophysical Plasmas" arXiv:0711.4355…”

Astrophysical Gyrokinetics: Basic Equations and Linear Theory by Howes, G, Cowley, S, Dorland, W, Hammett, G, Quataert, E, Schekochihin, A

“…Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is encountered in a wide variety of astrophysical plasmas, including accretion disks, the solar wind, and the interstellar and intracluster medium. …”

Astrophysical gyrokinetics: Basic equations and linear theory by Howes, G, Cowley, S, Dorland, W, Hammett, G, Quataert, E, Schekochihin, A

“…Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is encountered in a wide variety of astrophysical plasmas, including accretion disks, the solar wind, and the interstellar and intracluster medium. …”

Spherical shock in the presence of an external magnetic field by Kuramitsu, Y, Matsukiyo, S, Isayama, S, Harada, D, Oyama, T, Fujino, R, Sakawa, Y, Morita, T, Yamaura, Y, Ishikawa, T, Moritaka, T, Sano, T, Tomita, K, Shimoda, R, Sato, Y, Uchino, K, Pelka, A, Crowston, R, Woolsey, N, Gregori, G, Koenig, M, Yuan, D, Yin, C, Li, Y, Zhang, K, Zhong, J, Wang, F, Ohnishi, N, Nagamine, K, Yoneda, H, Takabe, H

“…Since the local observations of magnetic fields in astrophysical plasmas are not accessible, laboratory experiments provide unique capability to investigate such phenomena. …”

Amplitude limits and nonlinear damping of shear-Alfvén waves in high-beta low-collisionality plasmas by Squire, J, Schekochihin, A, Quataert, E

“…The effect has interesting implications for the physics of magnetized turbulence in the high-β conditions that are prevalent in many astrophysical plasmas.…”

A stringent limit on the amplitude of alfvénic perturbations in high-beta low-collisionality plasmas by Squire, J, Quataert, E, Schekochihin, A

“…Such a restrictive bound on shear-Alfvén-wave amplitudes has far-reaching implications for the physics of magnetized turbulence in the high-β conditions prevalent in many astrophysical plasmas, as well as for the solar wind at ∼1 au where β ≳ 1.…”

Asymptotic solutions for a relativistic formulation of the generalized nonextensive Thomas-Fermi model by Van Gorder, R, Lowry, V

“…While this generalized model has potential application to neutron stars and in understanding the screening process in relativistic dense astrophysical plasmas, there has not been a study on the behavior of the Thomas-Fermi potential φ(x) due to nonextensive statistical mechanics and relativistic effects. …”

Thomson scattering from near-solid density plasmas using soft X-ray free electron lasers by Hoell, A, Bornath, T, Cao, L, Doeppner, T, Duesterer, S, Foerster, E, Fortmann, C, Glenzer, S, Gregori, G, Laarmann, T, Meiwes-Broer, K, Przystawik, A, Radcliffe, P, Redmer, R, Reinholz, H, Roepke, G, Thiele, R, Tiggesbaeumker, J, Toleikis, S, Truong, N, Tschentscher, T, Uschmann, I, Zastrau, U

“…The plasma region of interest marks the transition from an ideal plasma to a correlated and degenerate many-particle system and is of current interest, e.g., in ICF experiments or laboratory astrophysics. Plasma diagnosis of such plasmas is a longstanding issue which is addressed here using a pump-probe scattering experiment to reveal the collective electron plasma mode (plasmon) using the high-brilliance radiation to probe the plasma. …”

Nonlinear mirror instability by Rincon, F, Schekochihin, A, Cowley, S

“…Slow dynamical changes in magnetic-field strength and invariance of the particles' magnetic moments generate ubiquitous pressure anisotropies in weakly collisional, magnetized astrophysical plasmas. This renders them unstable to fast, small-scale mirror and firehose instabilities, which are capable of exerting feedback on the macroscale dynamics of the system. …”

Visualizing electromagnetic fields in laser-produced counter-streaming plasma experiments for collisionless shock laboratory astrophysics by Kugland, N, Ross, J, Chang, P, Drake, R, Fiksel, G, Froula, D, Glenzer, S, Gregori, G, Grosskopf, M, Huntington, C, Koenig, M, Kuramitsu, Y, Kuranz, C, Levy, M, Liang, E, Martinez, D, Meinecke, J, Miniati, F, Morita, T, Pelka, A, Plechaty, C, Presura, R, Ravasio, A, Remington, B, Reville, B

“…Collisionless shocks are often observed in fast-moving astrophysical plasmas, formed by non-classical viscosity that is believed to originate from collective electromagnetic fields driven by kinetic plasma instabilities. …”

Multi-species measurements of the firehose and mirror instability thresholds in the solar wind by Chen, C, Matteini, L, Schekochihin, A, Stevens, M, Salem, C, Maruca, B, Kunz, M, Bale, S

“…<p>Thefirehose and mirror instabilities are thought to arise in a variety of space and astrophysical plasmas, constraining the pressure anisotropies and drifts between particle species. …”