Turbulence

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Numerical simulations of turbulence in magnetized collisionless plasmas.

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ExpTurb3D 3D hybrid expanding box simulation of plasma turbulence and fire hose instabilities, see Hellinger et al. (ApJ, 2019). Available products: B, B_x, B_y, B_z, Density, P, P_par, P_per, U, U_x, U_y, U_z
Coordinates X and Y axes perpendicular to the ambient magnetic field.	Initial conditions Initialization with balanced large-scale Alvenic modes with dB_rms=0.25 B_0.	Parameters Grid: Nx=Ny=Nz=256 (subgrid of 512x512x256); Time step: dt=0.05/Omega_p. Cell size: dx=dy=dz=0.5 d_p (dx and dy are double of 0.25 d_p used in the simulation)
Simulation presets (no presets available for this simulation)	Products in simulation B - Magnitude of the magnetic field B_x - X component of the magnetic field B_y - Y component of the magnetic field B_z - Z component of the magnetic field Density - Proton number density P - Total proton pressure P_par - Parallel proton pressure P_per - Perpendicular proton pressure U - Magnitude of the proton bulk velocity U_x - X component of the proton bulk velocity U_y - Y component of the proton bulk velocity U_z - Z component of the proton bulk velocity

Yaglom4 Standard 2D PIC hybrid simulation of plasma turbulence in the plane perpendicular to the ambient magnetic field. Available products: B, B_x, B_y, B_z, Density, U, U_x, U_y, U_z
Coordinates X and Y axes perpendicular to the ambient magnetic field.	Initial conditions Initialization with zero-crosshelicity large-scale Alvenic modes with dB_rms=0.25 B_0 and beta_i=beta_e=4.	Parameters Grid: Nx=Ny= 2048; Time step: dt=0.02/Omega_p. Cell size: dx=dy=0.125 d_p.
Simulation presets (no presets available for this simulation)	Products in simulation B - Magnitude of the magnetic field B_x - Magnetic field component Bx B_y - Magnetic field component By B_z - Magnetic field component Bz Density - Proton number density U - Magnitude of the proton bulk velocity U_x - Proton bulk velocity component Ux U_y - Proton bulk velocity component Uy U_z - Proton bulk velocity component Uz

Yaglom2 Standard 2D PIC hybrid simulation of plasma turbulence in the plane perpendicular to the ambient magnetic field. Available products: B, B_x, B_y, B_z, Density, U, U_x, U_y, U_z
Coordinates X and Y axes perpendicular to the ambient magnetic field.	Initial conditions Initialization with zero-crosshelicity large-scale Alvenic modes with dB_rms=0.25 B_0 and beta_i=beta_e=1/2.	Parameters Grid: Nx=Ny= 2048 (subgrid of 4096^2); Time step: dt=0.01/Omega_p. Cell size: dx=dy=0.125 d_p (double of 0.0625 d_p used in the simulation).
Simulation presets (no presets available for this simulation)	Products in simulation B - Magnitude of the magnetic field B_x - Magnetic field component Bx B_y - Magnetic field component By B_z - Magnetic field component Bz Density - Proton number density U - Magnitude of the proton bulk velocity U_x - Proton bulk velocity component Ux U_y - Proton bulk velocity component Uy U_z - Proton bulk velocity component Uz

Yaglom16 Standard 2D PIC hybrid simulation of plasma turbulence in the plane perpendicular to the ambient magnetic field (Hellinger et al., ApJL, 2018). Available products: B, B_x, B_y, B_z, Density, U, U_x, U_y, U_z
Coordinates X and Y axes perpendicular to the ambient magnetic field.	Initial conditions Initialization with (zero cross-helicity) large-scale Alvenic modes with dB_rms=0.25 B_0 and beta_i=beta_e=1/16.	Parameters Grid: Nx=Ny= 2048 (subgrid of 4096^2); Time step: dt=0.0025/Omega_p. Cell size: dx=dy=0.125 d_p (double of 0.0625 d_p used in the simulation).
Simulation presets (no presets available for this simulation)	Products in simulation B - Magnitude of the magnetic field B_x - Magnetic field component Bx B_y - Magnetic field component By B_z - Magnetic field component Bz Density - Proton number density U - Magnitude of the proton bulk velocity U_x - Proton bulk velocity component Ux U_y - Proton bulk velocity component Uy U_z - Proton bulk velocity component Uz

ExpMir1 2D expanding box hybrid simulation of mirror instability in the turbulent plasma (Hellinger et al. 2017). Available products: B, B_x, B_y, B_z, Density, P, P_par, P_per, U, U_x, U_y, U_z
Coordinates Z axis parallel to the ambient magnetic field, Y axis parallel to the radial direction. Expansion in X and Z directions.	Initial conditions Initialization with random-phase, Alfvenic fluctuations dB/B_0~0.25, parallel proton beta = 3 and the proton temperature anisotropy 1.2.	Parameters Grid: Nx=1024, Ny=1024 (subgrid of 2048x4096); Time step: dt=0.05/Omega_p. Initial cell size: dx=dy=0.5 d_p0 (twice that one used in the simulation)
Simulation presets (no presets available for this simulation)	Products in simulation B - Magnitude of the magnetic field B_x - X component of the magnetic field B_y - Y component of the magnetic field B_z - Z component of the magnetic field Density - Proton number density P - Total proton pressure P_par - Parallel proton pressure P_per - Perpendicular proton pressure U - Magnitude of the proton bulk velocity U_x - X component of the proton bulk velocity U_y - Y component of the proton bulk velocity U_z - Z component of the proton bulk velocity

hires Standard 2D PIC hybrid simulation of plasma turbulence in the plane perpendicular to the ambient magnetic field, see Franci et al. (ApJL, 2015). Available products: B, B_x, B_y, B_z, Density, U, U_x, U_y, U_z
Coordinates X and Y axes perpendicular to the ambient magnetic field.	Initial conditions Initialization with balanced large-scale Alvenic modes with dB_rms=0.24 B_0.	Parameters Grid: Nx=Ny= 1024 (subgrid of 2048x2048); Time step: dt=0.025/Omega_p. Cell size: dx=dy=0.25 d_p (double of 0.125 d_p used in the simulation)
Simulation presets (no presets available for this simulation)	Products in simulation B - Magnitude of the magnetic field B_x - X component of the magnetic field B_y - Y component of the magnetic field B_z - Z component of the magnetic field Density - Proton number density U - Magnitude of the proton bulk velocity U_x - X component of the proton bulk velocity U_y - Y component of the proton bulk velocity U_z - Z component of the proton bulk velocity

ExpTurb1 2D expanding box hybrid simulation of plasma turbulence in the plane perpendicular to the ambient magnetic field, see Hellinger et al. (ApJL, 2015). Available products: B, B_x, B_y, B_z, Density, P, P_par, P_per, U, U_x, U_y, U_z
Coordinates X and Y axes perpendicular to the ambient magnetic field.	Initial conditions Initialization with balanced large-scale Alvenic modes with dB_rms=0.24 B_0.	Parameters Grid: Nx=Ny= 1024 (subgrid of 2048x2048); Time step: dt=0.05/Omega_p. Cell size: dx=dy=0.5 d_p (double of 0.25 d_p used in the simulation)
Simulation presets (no presets available for this simulation)	Products in simulation B - Magnitude of the magnetic field B_x - X component of the magnetic field B_y - Y component of the magnetic field B_z - Z component of the magnetic field Density - Proton number density P - Total proton pressure P_par - Parallel proton pressure P_per - Perpendicular proton pressure U - Magnitude of the proton bulk velocity U_x - X component of the proton bulk velocity U_y - Y component of the proton bulk velocity U_z - Z component of the proton bulk velocity

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Turbulence

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