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Reconnection-induced electron energization in magnetospheric Kelvin-Helmholtz dynamics
Silvia Ferro, Fabio Bacchini, Giuseppe Arrò +2
The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) is a major driver of multiscale plasma dynamics at velocity shear layers, where it can promote the formation of current sheets and the onset…
Turbulent Magnetogenesis and Large-scale Magnetic Dynamo Amplification in Ion--electron Plasmas
Fabio Bacchini, Francesco Pucci, Sergio Servidio +2
Using fully kinetic simulations that capture unprecedentedly large (from electron to ion) scales, we study magnetogenesis driven by continuous large-scale forcing until nonlinear d…
Plasma Mixing Driven by the Collisionless Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability: Insights from fully kinetic simulation and density-based diagnostics
Silvia Ferro, Fabio Bacchini, Giuseppe Arrò +2
Simulations and observations of the low-latitude magnetosphere-magnetosheath boundary layer indicate that the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) drives vortex structures that enhan…
Turbulence and particle energization in twisted flux ropes in solar-wind conditions
Oreste Pezzi, Domenico Trotta, Simone Benella +6
Context. The mechanisms regulating the transport and energization of charged particles in space and astrophysical plasmas are still debated. Plasma turbulence is known to be a powe…
Bridging hybrid- and full-kinetic models with Landau-fluid electrons: I. 2D magnetic reconnection
Francesco Finelli, Silvio S. Cerri, Francesco Califano +4
Magnetic reconnection (MR) plays a fundamental role in plasma dynamics under many different conditions, from space and astrophysical environments to laboratory devices. High-resolu…
Kinetic Alfvén wave generation by velocity shear in collisionless plasmas
Teresa Maiorano, Adriana Settino, Francesco Malara +3
The evolution of a linearly-polarized, long-wavelength Alfvén wave --propagating in a collisionless magnetized plasma with a sheared parallel-directed velocity flow-- is here studi…