摘要

A theoretical and numerical analysis is carried out for turbulent collisionless shocks mediated by the ion-Weibel instability during high-velocity plasma collisions. We develop a simple model based on the coalescence dynamics of the ion current filaments, which predicts the spatio-temporal evolution of the magnetic fluctuations formed in the upstream plasma region. From comparison with particle-in-cell simulations, our model is shown to correctly capture the magnetic-field and ion-beam properties during the early-time shock propagation. Published by AIP Publishing.

  • 出版日期2017-4
  • 单位中国地震局