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Kinetic Instabilities

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Numerical simulations of kinetic instabilities driven by non Maxwellian distribution functions.

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Electron Whistler and Mirror Instabilities Electron whistler and mirror instabilities by the electron perpendicular temperature anisotropy (Hellinger and Stverak, 2018). Available products: B, B_x, B_y, B_z, Electron Density, Proton Density, U_e, U_p, U_xe, U_xp, U_ye, U_yp, U_ze, U_zp
Coordinates X axis parallel to the ambient magnetic field.	Initial conditions Initialization with a homogeneous plasma with beta_e=10 and Tper_e/Tpar_e=1.52	Parameters Grid: Nx=1024x1024 (subgrid of 2048x2048), Time step: dt=0.025/Omega_e. Cell size: dx=dy=2*Lamda_e
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 Electron Density - Electron number density Proton Density - Proton bulk velocity component Dnp U_e - Magnitude of the electron bulk velocity U_p - Magnitude of the proton bulk velocity U_xe - Electron bulk velocity component Uxe U_xp - Proton bulk velocity component Uxp U_ye - Electron bulk velocity component Uye U_yp - Proton bulk velocity component Uyp U_ze - Electron bulk velocity component Uze U_zp - Proton bulk velocity component Uzp

EOF2 Oblique Resonant Electron Fire Hose Driven by the Electron Parallel Temperature Anisotropy (Hellinger et al. 2014). Available products: B, B_x, B_y, B_z, Electron density, Proton density, U_e, U_p, U_xe, U_xp, U_ye, U_yp, U_ze, U_zp
Coordinates X axis parallel to the ambient magnetic field.	Initial conditions Initialization with a homogeneous plasma with beta_e=2 and Tper_e/Tpar_e=0.216	Parameters Grid: Nx=2048x1024, Time step: dt=0.025/Omega_e. Cell size: dx=dy=Lamda_e
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 Electron density - Electron number density Proton density - Proton number density U_e - Magnitude of the electron bulk velocity U_p - Magnitude of the electron bulk velocity U_xe - X component of the electron bulk velocity U_xp - X component of the proton bulk velocity U_ye - Y component of the electron bulk velocity U_yp - Y component of the proton bulk velocity U_ze - Z component of the electron bulk velocity U_zp - Z component of the proton bulk velocity

ExpFire1 2D expanding box hybrid simulation of fire hose instabilities (Hellinger et al., 2003, Hellinger and Travnicek, 2008). Available products: B, B_x, B_y, B_z, Density, P, P_par, P_per, U, U_x, U_y, U_z
Coordinates X axis parallel to the ambient magnetic field and the radial direction. Expansion in Y and Z directions.	Initial conditions Initialization with a homogeneous plasma with beta_p=2.4 and Tper/Tpar=0.7	Parameters Grid: Nx=1024, Ny=512 (subgrid of 2048x1024); Time step: dt=0.05/Omega_p. Initial cell size: dx=dy=d_p (twice that one used in the simulation); NB the system expands in the Y direction.
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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