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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…
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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…