Two-dimensional hybrid simulations of kinetic plasma turbulence: Current and vorticity vs proton temperature
Two-dimensional hybrid simulations of kinetic plasma turbulence: Current and vorticity vs proton temperature
Proton temperature anisotropies between the directions parallel and perpendicular to the mean magnetic field are usually observed in the solar wind plasma. Here, we employ a high-resolution hybrid particle-in-cell simulation in order to investigate the relation between spatial properties of the proton temperature and the peaks in the current density …