Lepton-driven Non-resonant Streaming Instability
arXiv:2106.07672 · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac23cf
Abstract
A strong super-Alfvénic drift of energetic particles (or cosmic rays, CRs) in a magnetized plasma can amplify the magnetic field significantly through non-resonant streaming instability (NRSI). While the traditional analysis is done for an ion current, here we use kinetic particle-in-cell simulations to study how the NRSI behaves when it is driven by electrons or by a mixture of electrons and positrons. In particular, we characterize growth rate, spectrum, and helicity of the unstable modes, as well the level of magnetic field at saturation. Our results are potentially relevant for several space/astrophysical environments (e.g, electron strahl in the solar wind, at oblique non-relativistic shocks, around pulsar wind nebulae) and also in laboratory experiments.
arXiv comment16 pages, 9 figures, 1 table; Submitted to ApJ; Comments welcome!
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