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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…
Electrons under the dominant action of shock-electric fields
Hans J. Fahr, Daniel Verscharen
We consider a fast magnetosonic multifluid shock as a representation of the solar-wind termination shock. We assume the action of the transition happens in a three-step process: In…
PIC Simulations of the Effect of Velocity Space Instabilities on Electron Viscosity and Thermal Conduction
Mario Riquelme, Eliot Quataert, Daniel Verscharen
In low-collisionality plasmas, velocity-space instabilities are a key mechanism providing an effective collisionality for the plasma. We use particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations to s…