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Non-thermal particle acceleration in multi-species kinetic plasmas: universal power-law distribution functions and temperature inversion in the solar corona
Uddipan Banik, Amitava Bhattacharjee
Non-thermal power-law distribution functions are ubiquitous in astrophysical, space, and laboratory kinetic plasmas, but their origin remains unclear. A related puzzle is the tempe…
Universal power-law distribution functions in an electromagnetic kinetic plasma: implications for the inverted temperature profile in the solar corona
Uddipan Banik, Amitava Bhattacharjee
We develop a self-consistent quasilinear theory for the relaxation of electromagnetic kinetic plasmas, and demonstrate that the mean distribution functions of both electrons and io…
Density fluctuation-Mach number scaling in compressible, high plasma beta turbulence: in-situ space observations and high-Reynolds number simulations
Riddhi Bandyopadhyay, James R. Beattie, Amitava Bhattacharjee
Understanding the nature of compressible fluctuations in a broad range of turbulent plasmas, from the intracluster medium to the solar wind, has been an active field of research in…
Universal non-thermal power-law distribution functions from the self-consistent evolution of collisionless electrostatic plasmas
Uddipan Banik, Amitava Bhattacharjee, Wrick Sengupta
Distribution functions of collisionless systems are known to show non-thermal power law tails. Interestingly, collisionless plasmas in various physical scenarios, (e.g., the ion po…
A model of solar equilibrium: the hydrodynamic limit
Lee Gunderson, Amitava Bhattacharjee
Helioseismology has revealed the internal density and rotation profiles of the Sun. Yet, knowledge of its magnetic fields and meridional circulation is confined much closer to the…