Collisionless tearing instability in a relativistic pair plasma with a power-law distribution function

I. Demidov; Y. Lyubarsky

doi:10.1017/S0022377824000904

Collisionless tearing instability in a relativistic pair plasma with a power-law distribution function

I. Demidov, Y. Lyubarsky

Department of Physics

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

We study the tearing instability of a current sheet in a relativistic pair plasma with a power-law distribution function. We first estimate the growth rate analytically and then confirm the analytical results by solving numerically the dispersion equation, taking into account all exact particle trajectories within the reconnecting layer. We found that the instability is suppressed when the particle spectrum becomes harder.

Original language	American English
Article number	905900619
Journal	Journal of Plasma Physics
Volume	90
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377824000904
State	Published - 20 Dec 2024

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astrophysical plasmas
plasma instabilities

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Condensed Matter Physics

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Collisionless tearing instability in a relativistic pair plasma with a power-law distribution function

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