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Astrophysical gyrokinetics: Turbulence in pressure-anisotropic plasmas at ion scales and beyond
Matthew W. Kunz, Ian G. Abel, Kristopher G. Klein +1
We present a theoretical framework for describing electromagnetic kinetic turbulence in a multi-species, magnetized, pressure-anisotropic plasma. Turbulent fluctuations are assumed…
Pressure-anisotropy-induced nonlinearities in the kinetic magnetorotational instability
Jonathan Squire, Eliot Quataert, Matthew W. Kunz
In collisionless and weakly collisional plasmas, such as hot accretion flows onto compact objects, the magnetorotational instability (MRI) can differ significantly from the standar…
Kinetic simulations of the interruption of large-amplitude shear-Alfvén waves in a high-beta plasma
J. Squire, M. W. Kunz, E. Quataert +1
Using two-dimensional hybrid-kinetic simulations, we explore the nonlinear "interruption" of standing and traveling shear-Alfvén waves in collisionless plasmas. Interruption involv…