AHKASH: a new Hybrid particle-in-cell code for simulations of astrophysical collisionless plasma

R Achikanath Chirakkara, C Federrath… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We introduce A strophysical H ybrid-K inetic simulations with the flash code ()–a new Hybrid
particle-in-cell (PIC) code developed within the framework of the multiphysics code flash …

Mind the gap: non-local cascades and preferential heating in high-β Alfvénic turbulence

W Gorman, KG Klein - … of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Characterizing the thermodynamics of turbulent plasmas is key to decoding observable
signatures from astrophysical systems. In magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, non …

The fundamental parameters of astrophysical plasma turbulence and its dissipation: non-relativistic limit

GG Howes - Journal of Plasma Physics, 2024 - cambridge.org
A specific set of dimensionless plasma and turbulence parameters is introduced to
characterize the nature of turbulence and its dissipation in weakly collisional space and …

A Unified Phenomenology of Ion Heating in Low- Plasmas: Test-Particle Simulations

Z Johnston, J Squire, R Meyrand - arxiv preprint arxiv:2409.07015, 2024 - arxiv.org
We argue that two prominent theories of ion heating in low-$\beta $ collisionless plasmas--
stochastic and quasi-linear heating--represent similar physical processes in turbulence with …

Rugged magneto-hydrodynamic invariants in weakly collisional plasma turbulence: Two-dimensional hybrid simulation results

P Hellinger, V Montagud-Camps - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2024 - aanda.org
Aims. We investigated plasma turbulence in the context of solar wind. We concentrated on
properties of ideal second-order magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) and Hall MHD invariants …

Extreme heating of minor ions in imbalanced solar-wind turbulence

MF Zhang, MW Kunz, J Squire… - The Astrophysical …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
Minor ions in the solar corona are heated to extreme temperatures, far in excess of those of
the electrons and protons that comprise the bulk of the plasma. These highly nonthermal …

The effects of finite electron inertia on helicity-barrier-mediated turbulence

T Adkins, R Meyrand, J Squire - Journal of plasma physics, 2024 - cambridge.org
Understanding the partitioning of turbulent energy between ions and electrons in weakly
collisional plasmas is crucial for the accurate interpretation of observations and modelling of …

[PDF][PDF] Erratum:“Electron–Ion Heating Partition in Imbalanced Solar-wind Turbulence”(2023, ApJL, 957, L30)

J Squire, R Meyrand, M Kunz - Astrophysical journal. Letters, 2024 - ourarchive.otago.ac.nz
Panels (e) and (f) of Figure 4 of J. Squire et al.(2023) illustrate the time dependence of the
frequency spectra of density and perpendicular magnetic fluctuations, termed n () wd and …

Local Models of Two-Temperature Accretion Disk Coronae

CJ Bambic - 2024 - search.proquest.com
This Thesis tackles three open problems in the study of radiatively efficient accretion flows
(REFs) around black holes in X-ray binary systems (XRBs) and active galactic nuclei (AGN) …

Evidence for the helicity barrier from measurements of the turbulence transition range in the solar wind

JR McIntyre, CHK Chen, J Squire, R Meyrand… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The means by which the turbulent cascade of energy is dissipated in the solar wind, and in
other astrophysical systems, is a major open question. It has recently been proposed that a …