Magnetic Reconnection as a Driver for a Sub-ion-scale Cascade in Plasma Turbulence
Magnetic Reconnection as a Driver for a Sub-ion-scale Cascade in Plasma Turbulence
Abstract A new path for the generation of a sub-ion-scale cascade in collisionless space and astrophysical plasma turbulence, triggered by magnetic reconnection, is uncovered by means of high-resolution two-dimensional hybrid-kinetic simulations employing two complementary approaches, Lagrangian and Eulerian, and different driving mechanisms. The simulation results provide clear numerical evidence that …