Turbulent heating in an inhomogeneous magnetized plasma slab by Barnes, M, Abiuso, P, Dorland, W

“…Observational evidence in space and astrophysical plasmas with a long collisional mean free path suggests that more massive charged particles may be preferentially heated. …”

Convective and Rotational Stability of a Dilute Plasma by Balbus, S

“…Previous studies have generally been based upon the classical H{\o}iland criteria, which are inappropriate for magnetized, dilute astrophysical plasmas. In sharp contrast to recent claims in the literature, the new stability criteria demonstrate that marginal flow stability is not a fundamental property of accreting plasmas thought to be associated with low luminosity X-ray sources.…”

A model of nonlinear evolution and saturation of the turbulent MHD dynamo by Schekochihin, A, Cowley, S, Hammett, G, Maron, J, McWilliams, J

“…This regime is very common in low-density hot astrophysical plasmas. During the early (kinematic) stage, weak magnetic fluctuations grow exponentially and concentrate at the resistive scale, which lies far below the hydrodynamic viscous scale. …”

Turbulent Reconnection Acceleration by Siyao Xu, Alex Lazarian

“…The ubiquitous turbulence in astrophysical plasmas is important for both magnetic reconnection and reconnection acceleration. …”
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Particle simulation of the strong magnetic field effect on dust particle charging process by Hadi Davari, Bizhan Farokhi, Mohammad Ali Asgarian

“…The results here can be applied in future simulation models with a focus on the dust particle movement and their effect on plasma, leading to the modeling of different astrophysical plasmas thorough laboratory experiments.…”
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Enhanced Energy Conversion by Turbulence in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection by Runqing Jin, Meng Zhou, Yongyuan Yi, Hengyan Man, Zhihong Zhong, Ye Pang, Xiaohua Deng

“…These findings significantly advance our understanding of the relationship between turbulence and reconnection in astrophysical plasmas.…”
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Collisionless Reconnection in Magnetohydrodynamic and Kinetic Turbulence by Boldyrev, Stanislav, Gomes Loureiro, Nuno F

“…However, many astrophysical plasmas are nearly collisionless so the MHD approximation is not applicable to turbulence at small scales. …”
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Convective and rotational stability of a dilute plasma by Balbus, SA

“…Previous studies have generally been based upon the classical Holland criteria, which are inappropriate for magnetized, dilute astrophysical plasmas. In sharp contrast to recent claims in the literature, the new stability criteria demonstrate that marginal flow stability is not a fundamental property of accreting plasmas thought to be associated with low-luminosity X-ray sources. © 2001. …”

On the structure and statistical theory of turbulence of extended magnetohydrodynamics by George Miloshevich, Manasvi Lingam, Philip J Morrison

“…The consequences and relevance of our results in space and astrophysical plasmas are also briefly discussed.…”
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Dissipative Kawahara ion-acoustic solitary and cnoidal waves in a degenerate magnetorotating plasma by Sadah A. Alkhateeb, S. Hussain, Wedad Albalawi, S. A. El-Tantawy, E. I. El-Awady

“…The obtained results can help in understanding the features of quantum IAWs in dense and slowly rotating astrophysical plasmas and maybe understand the quantum Hall effect of novel materials like graphene and topological insulators.…”
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The Fingerprints of Periodic Electric Fields on Line Shapes Emitted in Plasmas by Ibtissem Hannachi, Roland Stamm

“…Resulting hydrogen line shapes are presented for different plasmas and periodic fields encountered in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas.…”
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Plasmoid Formation and Strong Radiative Cooling in a Driven Magnetic Reconnection Experiment by Datta, R., Chandler, K., Myers, C. E., Chittenden, J. P., Crilly, A. J., Aragon, C., Ampleford, D. J., Banasek, J. T., Edens, A., Fox, W. R., Hansen, S. B., Harding, E. C., Jennings, C. A., Ji, H., Kuranz, C. C., Lebedev, S. V., Looker, Q., Patel, S. G., Porwitzky, A., Shipley, G. A., Uzdensky, D. A., Yager-Elorriaga, D. A., Hare, J. D.

“…We present the first experimental study of plasmoid formation in a magnetic reconnection layer undergoing rapid radiative cooling, a regime relevant to extreme astrophysical plasmas. Two exploding aluminum wire arrays, driven by the 𝑍 machine, generate a reconnection layer (𝑆𝐿≈120) in which the cooling rate far exceeds the hydrodynamic transit rate (𝜏hydro/𝜏cool>100). …”
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Velocity-space Signatures of Resonant Energy Transfer between Whistler Waves and Electrons in the Earth’s Magnetosheath by Wence Jiang, Daniel Verscharen, Seong-Yeop Jeong, Hui Li, Kristopher G. Klein, Christopher J. Owen, Chi Wang

“…Wave–particle interactions play a crucial role in transferring energy between electromagnetic fields and charged particles in space and astrophysical plasmas. Despite the prevalence of different electromagnetic waves in space, there is still a lack of understanding of fundamental aspects of wave–particle interactions, particularly in terms of energy flow and velocity-space characteristics. …”
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Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection as an Acceleration Mechanism in Earth’s Magnetotail by Daniel D. Sega, Robert E. Ergun

“…Since turbulence is widespread in astrophysical plasmas and has no a priori limit on scale size, the MMS observations suggest turbulence may have a significant role in particle acceleration.…”
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Interplanetary and interstellar plasma turbulence by Schekochihin, A, Cowley, S, Dorland, W

“…Theoretical approaches to low-frequency magnetized turbulence in collisionless and weakly collisional astrophysical plasmas are reviewed. The proper starting point for an analytical description of these plasmas is kinetic theory, not fluid equations. …”

Interplanetary and interstellar plasma turbulence by Schekochihin, A, Cowley, S, Dorland, W

“…Theoretical approaches to low-frequency magnetized turbulence in collisionless and weakly collisional astrophysical plasmas are reviewed. The proper starting point for an analytical description of these plasmas is kinetic theory, not fluid equations. …”

Polarization of thermal bremsstrahlung emission due to electron pressure anisotropy by Komarov, S, Khabibullin, I, Churazov, E, Schekochihin, A

“…Astrophysical plasmas are typically magnetized, with the Larmor radii of the charged particles many orders of magnitude smaller than their collisional mean free paths. …”

Conditions for Relativistic Magnetic Reconnection under the Presence of Shear Flow and Guide Field by Sarah Peery, Yi-Hsin Liu, Xiaocan Li

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Electromagnetic solitons and their stability in relativistic degenerate dense plasmas with two electron species by Sima Roy, Amar P. Misra

“…The evolution of electromagnetic (EM) solitons due to nonlinear coupling of circularly polarized intense laser pulses with low-frequency electron-acoustic perturbations is studied in relativistic degenerate dense astrophysical plasmas with two groups of electrons: a sparse population of classical relativistic electrons and a dense population of relativistic degenerate electron gas. …”
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Review of recent analytical advances in the spectroscopy of hydrogenic lines in plasmas by Oks Eugene, Dalimier Elisabeth, Angelo Paulo, Pikuz Tatiana

“…Broadening of hydrogenic spectral lines is an important tool in spectroscopic diagnostics of various laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. We review recent analytical advances in three areas. …”
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