Interplay between the non-resonant streaming instability and self-generated pressure anisotropies - Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (LPP)
Journal Articles Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Year : 2024

Interplay between the non-resonant streaming instability and self-generated pressure anisotropies

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The non-thermal particles escaping from collision-less shocks into the surrounding medium can trigger a non-resonant streaming instability that converts parts of their drift kinetic energy into large amplitude magnetic field perturbations, and promote the confinement and acceleration of high energy cosmic rays. We present simulations of the instability using an hybrid-Particle-in-Cell approach including Monte Carlo collisions, and demonstrate that the development of the non-resonant mode is associated with important ion pressure anisotropies in the background plasma. Depending on the initial conditions, the anisotropies may act on the instability by lowering its growth and trigger secondary micro-instabilities. Introducing collisions with neutrals yield a strong reduction of the magnetic field amplification as predicted by linear fluid theory. In contrast, Coulomb collisions in fully ionized plasmas are found to mitigate the self-generated pressure anisotropies and promote the growth of the magnetic field.
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hal-04679927 , version 1 (30-08-2024)

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Alexis Marret, Andrea Ciardi, Roch Smets. Interplay between the non-resonant streaming instability and self-generated pressure anisotropies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2024, 532 (4), pp.4082-4088. ⟨10.1093/mnras/stae1773⟩. ⟨hal-04679927⟩
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