Measurement of kinetic-scale current filamentation dynamics and associated magnetic fields in interpenetrating plasmas

GF Swadling, C Bruulsema, F Fiuza, DP Higginson… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We present the first local, quantitative measurements of ion current filamentation and
magnetic field amplification in interpenetrating plasmas, characterizing the dynamics of the …

On the analytical description of the nonlinear stage of the Weibel instability in collisionless anisotropic plasma

AA Nechaev, AA Kuznetsov… - Journal of Plasma …, 2023 - cambridge.org
On the basis of the energy invariants for the Weibel instability in a collisionless non-
relativistic plasma, an analytical relation is obtained between the instantaneous values of …

Ion Kinetics and Neutron Generation Associated with Electromagnetic Turbulence in Laboratory-Scale Counterstreaming Plasmas

P Liu, D Wu, TX Hu, DW Yuan, G Zhao, ZM Sheng… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Electromagnetic turbulence and ion kinetics in counterstreaming plasmas hold great
significance in laboratory astrophysics, such as turbulence field amplification and particle …

Theory of magnetic turbulence and shock formation induced by a collisionless plasma instability

H Takabe - Physics of Plasmas, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic fields are ubiquitous in universe, space, and laboratory plasmas. Especially, self-
generated magnetic fields are important to know the mind of nature. The formation of Weibel …

Competitive X-Ray and optical cooling in the collisionless shocks of WR 140

AMT Pollock, MF Corcoran, IR Stevens… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The long-period, highly eccentric Wolf-Rayet star binary system WR 140 has exceptionally
well-determined orbital and stellar parameters. Bright, variable X-ray emission is generated …

Precursor wave emission enhanced by weibel instability in relativistic shocks

M Iwamoto, T Amano, M Hoshino… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigated the precursor wave emission efficiency in magnetized purely perpendicular
relativistic shocks in pair plasmas. We extended our previous study to include the …

Electron Weibel instability and quasi-magnetostatic structures in an expanding collisionless plasma

VV Kocharovsky, AA Nechaev, MA Garasev - Reviews of Modern Plasma …, 2024 - Springer
We outline transient quasi-magnetostatic phenomena associated with Weibel-type
instabilities, mainly the formation and decay of the current filaments and sheets. We consider …

Kinetic theory of small-amplitude fluctuations in astrophysical plasmas

U Kolberg, R Schlickeiser - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
Electromagnetic field fluctuations are arguably among the most fundamental kinetic
processes in classical, collisionless plasmas. Considering their two characteristic features …

Weibel mechanism of magnetic-field generation in the process of expansion of a collisionless-plasma bunch with hot electrons

AA Nechaev, MA Garasev, VV Kocharovsky… - Radiophysics and …, 2020 - Springer
We perform qualitative physical analysis and particle-in-cell two-dimensional numerical
simulation of the Weibel mechanism of magnetic-field generation due to the self-consistent …

Magnetic field saturation of the ion Weibel instability in interpenetrating relativistic plasmas

M Takamoto, Y Matsumoto… - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The time evolution and saturation of the Weibel instability at the ion Alfvén current are
presented by ab initio particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. We found that the ion Weibel current …