Investigating the kinetic effects on current gradient-driven instabilities of electron current layers via particle-in-cell simulations
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DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/adae41
Abstract: Electron current layers, which form in various natural and laboratory plasmas, are susceptible to multiple instabilities, with tearing being a prominent instability driven by current gradients. Tearing is considered a potential mechanism for magnetic reconnection… read more here.
Keywords: field; particle cell; electron current; current layers ... See more keywords