2 papers
physics.plasm-ph2026
Tearing and Kelvin-Helmholtz dynamics in fully kinetic particle-in-cell simulations of electron-scale current sheets
Sushmita A. Mishra, Gurudatt Gaur
We investigate the stability and nonlinear evolution of localized electron-scale current sheets using fully kinetic, electromagnetic particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations in two and t…
physics.plasm-ph2025
Investigating the Kinetic Effects on Current Gradient-Driven Instabilities of Electron Current Layers via Particle-in-Cell Simulations
Sushmita Mishra, Gurudatt Gaur, Bhavesh G. Patel
Electron current layers, which form in various natural and laboratory plasmas, are susceptible to multiple instabilities, with tearing being a prominent instability driven by curre…