Plasma Dynamics in Low-Electron-Beta Environments
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Author(s)
Boldyrev, Stanislav
Loureiro, Nuno F
Roytershteyn, Vadim
Date Issued
2021
Journal
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Publisher
Frontiers Media SA
Citation
Boldyrev, Stanislav, Loureiro, Nuno F and Roytershteyn, Vadim. 2021. "Plasma Dynamics in Low-Electron-Beta Environments." Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 8.
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Final published version
Abstract
Recentin situmeasurements by the MMS and Parker Solar Probe missions bring interest to small-scale plasma dynamics (waves, turbulence, magnetic reconnection) in regions where the electron thermal energy is smaller than the magnetic one. Examples of such regions are the Earth’s magnetosheath and the vicinity of the solar corona, and they are also encountered in other astrophysical systems. In this brief review, we consider simple physical models describing plasma dynamics in such low-electron-beta regimes, discuss their conservation laws and their limits of applicability.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.3389/FSPAS.2021.621040
