Particles are accelerated to very high, non-thermal energies during explosive energy-
release phenomena in space, solar, and astrophysical plasma environments. While it has …

HelioSwarm (HS) is a NASA Medium-Class Explorer mission of the Heliophysics Division
designed to explore the dynamic three-dimensional mechanisms controlling the physics of …

The dissipative mechanism in weakly collisional plasma is a topic that pervades decades of
studies without a consensus solution. We compare several energy dissipation estimates …

Weakly collisional and collisionless plasmas are typically far from local thermodynamic
equilibrium (LTE), and understanding energy conversion in such systems is a forefront …

Observed turbulence in space and astrophysics is expected to involve cascade and
subsequent dissipation and heating. Contrary to standard collisional fluid turbulence, the …

Direct evidence of an inertial-range turbulent energy cascade has been provided by
spacecraft observations in heliospheric plasmas. In the solar wind, the average value of the …

Kinetic energy transfer in compressible isotropic turbulence is studied using numerical
simulations with solenoidal forcing at turbulent Mach numbers ranging from 0.4 to 1.0 and at …

Pressure anisotropy can strongly influence the dynamics of weakly collisional, high-beta
plasmas, but its effects are missed by standard magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). Small …

We report observations of turbulent dissipation and particle acceleration from large‐
amplitude electric fields (E) associated with strong magnetic field (B) fluctuations in the …

The physical foundations of the dissipation of energy and the associated heating in weakly
collisional plasmas are poorly understood. Here, we compare and contrast several …