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Disruption of sheetlike structures in Alfvénic turbulence by magnetic reconnection
A. Mallet, A. A. Schekochihin, B. D. G. Chandran
We propose a mechanism whereby the intense, sheet-like structures naturally formed by dynamically aligning Alfvénic turbulence are destroyed by magnetic reconnection at a scale $\h…
Collisionless Isotropization of the Solar-Wind Protons by Compressive Fluctuations and Plasma Instabilities
Daniel Verscharen, Benjamin D. G. Chandran, Kristopher G. Klein +1
Compressive fluctuations are a minor yet significant component of astrophysical plasma turbulence. In the solar wind, long-wavelength compressive slow-mode fluctuations lead to cha…
Evolution of The Proton Velocity Distribution due to Stochastic Heating in the Near-Sun Solar Wind
Kristopher G. Klein, Benjamin D. G. Chandran
We investigate how the proton distribution function evolves when the protons undergo stochastic heating by strong, low-frequency, Alfvén-wave turbulence under the assumption that $…