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Relativistic Alfvén turbulence at kinetic scales
Cristian Vega, Stanislav Boldyrev, Vadim Roytershteyn
In a strongly magnetized, magnetically dominated relativistic plasma, Alfvénic turbulence can extend to scales much smaller than the particle inertial scales. It leads to an energy…
Electron-Scale Current Sheets and Energy Dissipation in 3D Kinetic-Scale Plasma Turbulence with Low Electron Beta
Cristian Vega, Vadim Roytershteyn, Gian Luca Delzanno +1
3D kinetic-scale turbulence is studied numerically in the regime where electrons are strongly magnetized (the ratio of plasma species pressure to magnetic pressure is for…
Spatial intermittency of particle distribution in relativistic plasma turbulence
Cristian Vega, Stanislav Boldyrev, Vadim Roytershteyn
Relativistic magnetically dominated turbulence is an efficient engine for particle acceleration in a collisionless plasma. Ultrarelativistic particles accelerated by interactions w…
The Heliospheric Ambipolar Potential Inferred from Sunward-Propagating Halo Electrons
Konstantinos Horaites, Stanislav Boldyrev
We provide evidence that the sunward-propagating half of the solar wind electron halo distribution evolves without scattering in the inner heliosphere. We assume the particles cons…
Spectra of magnetic turbulence in a relativistic plasma
Cristian Vega, Stanislav Boldyrev, Vadim Roytershteyn
We present a phenomenological and numerical study of strong Alfvénic turbulence in a magnetically dominated collisionless relativistic plasma with a strong background magnetic fiel…
Turbulence and particle acceleration in a relativistic plasma
Cristian Vega, Stanislav Boldyrev, Vadim Roytershteyn +1
In a collisionless plasma, the energy distribution function of plasma particles can be strongly affected by turbulence. In particular, it can develop a non-thermal power-law tail a…