3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2026
Gravitational Sedimentation and Rebound of Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasma Crystals: A Molecular Dynamics Study
Gurudatt Gaur, Meet Contractor, Vikram Dharodi
The gravitational sedimentation of strongly coupled dusty plasma crystals is investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. Initially, the dust particles are levitated by the b…
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…