Magnetohydrodynamic and kinetic scale turbulence in the near-Earth space plasmas: a (short) biased review

F Sahraoui, L Hadid, S Huang - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2020 - Springer
The near-Earth space is a unique laboratory to explore turbulence and energy dissipation
processes in magnetized plasmas thanks to the availability of high-quality data from various …

A dynamical model of plasma turbulence in the solar wind

GG Howes - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A dynamical approach, rather than the usual statistical approach, is taken to explore the
physical mechanisms underlying the nonlinear transfer of energy, the dam** of the …

The role of electron heating physics in images and variability of the Galactic Centre black hole Sagittarius A

A Chael, M Rowan, R Narayan… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The accretion flow around the Galactic Centre black hole Sagittarius A*(Sgr A*) is expected
to have an electron temperature that is distinct from the ion temperature, due to weak …

Electron thermodynamics in GRMHD simulations of low-luminosity black hole accretion

SM Ressler, A Tchekhovskoy, E Quataert… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Simple assumptions made regarding electron thermodynamics often limit the extent to which
general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations can be applied to …

Electron and proton heating in transrelativistic magnetic reconnection

ME Rowan, L Sironi, R Narayan - The Astrophysical Journal, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Hot collisionless accretion flows, such as the one in Sgr A* at our Galactic center, provide a
unique setting for the investigation of magnetic reconnection. Here protons are …

Formation of power-law electron energy spectra in three-dimensional low-β magnetic reconnection

X Li, F Guo, H Li, A Stanier, P Kilian - The Astrophysical Journal, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
While observations have suggested that power-law electron energy spectra are a common
outcome of strong energy release during magnetic reconnection, eg, in solar flares, kinetic …

The disc-jet symbiosis emerges: modelling the emission of Sagittarius A* with electron thermodynamics

SM Ressler, A Tchekhovskoy, E Quataert… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We calculate the radiative properties of Sagittarius A*–spectral energy distribution, variability
and radio-infrared images–using the first 3D, physically motivated black hole accretion …

The role of three-dimensional transport in driving enhanced electron acceleration during magnetic reconnection

JT Dahlin, JF Drake, M Swisdak - Physics of Plasmas, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic reconnection is an important driver of energetic particles in many astrophysical
phenomena. Using kinetic particle-in-cell simulations, we explore the impact of three …

Dissipation measures in weakly collisional plasmas

O Pezzi, H Liang, JL Juno, PA Cassak… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The physical foundations of the dissipation of energy and the associated heating in weakly
collisional plasmas are poorly understood. Here, we compare and contrast several …

Disruption of Alfvénic turbulence by magnetic reconnection in a collisionless plasma

A Mallet, AA Schekochihin… - Journal of Plasma …, 2017 - cambridge.org
We calculate the disruption scale, when this range exists. Such a steep 'transition range'is
sometimes observed in short intervals of solar-wind turbulence. The onset of collisionless …