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most citedKappa distributions: theory and applications in space plasmas

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astro-ph.SR2023

Interplay Between Anisotropy- and Skewness-driven Whistler Instabilities in the Solar Wind under the Core-Strahlo model

Bea Zenteno-Quinteros, Pablo S Moya, Marian Lazar +2

Temperature anisotropy and field-aligned skewness are commonly observed non-thermal features in electron velocity distributions in the solar wind. These characteristics can act as…

physics.plasm-ph2022★ 9 cited

The aperiodic firehose instability of counter-beaming electrons in space plasmas

M. Lazar, R. A. López, P. S. Moya +2

Recent studies have revealed new unstable regimes of the counter-beaming electrons specific to hot and dilute plasmas from astrophysical scenarios. The (counter-)beaming electron f…

physics.plasm-ph2022★ 2 cited

Comparing the counter-beaming and temperature anisotropy driven aperiodic electron firehose instabilities in collisionless plasma environments

Pablo S. Moya, Rodrigo A Lopez, Marian Lazar +2

The electron firehose instabilities are among the most studied kinetic instabilities, especially in the context of space plasmas, whose dynamics is mainly controlled by collisionle…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 14 cited

Mixing the solar wind proton and electron scales. Theory and 2D-PIC simulations of firehose instability

R. A. López, A. Micera, M. Lazar +5

Firehose-like instabilities (FIs) are cited in multiple astrophysical applications. Of particular interest are the kinetic manifestations in weakly-collisional or even collisionles…

astro-ph.SR2021

Transport coefficients enhanced by suprathermal particles in nonequilibrium heliospheric plasmas

Edin Husidic, Marian Lazar, Horst Fichtner +2

In heliospheric plasmas the transport of energy and particles is governed by various fluxes (e.g., heat flux) triggered by different forces, electromagnetic fields, and gradients i…

physics.plasm-ph2021★ 15 cited

A new low-beta regime for unstable proton firehose modes in bi-Kappa distributed plasmas

S. M. Shaaban, M. Lazar, R. F. Wimmer-Schweingruber +1

In the solar wind plasma an excess of kinetic temperature along the background magnetic field stimulates proton firehose modes to grow if the parallel plasma beta parameter is suff…