Nonlinear Development of Streaming Instabilities In Strongly Magnetized Plasmas

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2009-03-07

arxiv.org/abs/0903.1311v2

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Space Physics

Accepted by PRL

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The nonlinear development of streaming instabilities in the current layers formed during magnetic reconnection with a guide field is explored. Theory and 3-D particle-in-cell simulations reveal two distinct phases. First, the parallel Buneman instability grows and traps low velocity electrons. The remaining electrons then drive two forms of turbulence: the parallel electron-electron two-stream instability and the nearly-perpendicular lower hybrid instability. The high velocity electrons resonate with the turbulence and transfer momentum to the ions and low velocity electrons.

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