Plasma Dynamics in Low-Electron-Beta Environments

Stanislav Boldyrev; Stanislav Boldyrev; Nuno F. Loureiro; Vadim Roytershteyn

doi:10.3389/fspas.2021.621040

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences (May 2021)

Plasma Dynamics in Low-Electron-Beta Environments

Stanislav Boldyrev,
Stanislav Boldyrev,
Nuno F. Loureiro,
Vadim Roytershteyn

Affiliations

Stanislav Boldyrev: Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
Stanislav Boldyrev: Center for Space Plasma Physics, Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO, United States
Nuno F. Loureiro: Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United states
Vadim Roytershteyn: Center for Space Plasma Physics, Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2021.621040
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8

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Recent in situ measurements 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.

Published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

ISSN: 2296-987X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Astronomy; Science: Physics: Geophysics. Cosmic physics
Website: http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/astronomy-and-space-sciences

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