Fully kinetic Biermann battery and associated generation of pressure anisotropy

The dynamical evolution of a fully kinetic, collisionless system with imposed background density and temperature gradients is investigated analytically. The temperature gradient leads to the generation of temperature anisotropy, with the temperature along the gradient becoming larger than that in th...

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Main Authors: Schoeffler, K. M. (Author), Silva, L. O. (Author), Gomes Loureiro, Nuno F (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2018-04-03T19:24:32Z.
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