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A statistical model of three-dimensional anisotropy and intermittency in strong Alfvénic turbulence by Mallet, A., Schekochihin, A. A.

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Thermal disequilibration of ions and electrons by collisionless plasma turbulence by Kawazura, Yohei, Barnes, Michael, Schekochihin, Alexander A.

“…Does overall thermal equilibrium exist between ions and electrons in a weakly collisional, magnetized, turbulent plasma? And, if not, how is thermal energy…”
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Fast magnetic reconnection in the plasmoid-dominated regime by Uzdensky, D A, Loureiro, N F, Schekochihin, A A

“…A conceptual model of resistive magnetic reconnection via a stochastic plasmoid chain is proposed. The global reconnection rate is shown to be independent of…”
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Disruption of sheet-like structures in Alfvénic turbulence by magnetic reconnection by Mallet, A., Schekochihin, A. A., Chandran, B. D. G.

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Laboratory evidence of dynamo amplification of magnetic fields in a turbulent plasma by Tzeferacos, P., Rigby, A., Bott, A. F. A., Bell, A. R., Bingham, R., Casner, A., Cattaneo, F., Churazov, E. M., Emig, J., Fiuza, F., Forest, C. B., Foster, J., Graziani, C., Katz, J., Koenig, M., Li, C.-K., Meinecke, J., Petrasso, R., Park, H.-S., Remington, B. A., Ross, J. S., Ryu, D., Ryutov, D., White, T. G., Reville, B., Miniati, F., Schekochihin, A. A., Lamb, D. Q., Froula, D. H., Gregori, G.

“…Magnetic fields are ubiquitous in the Universe. The energy density of these fields is typically comparable to the energy density of the fluid motions of the…”
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Ion versus Electron Heating in Compressively Driven Astrophysical Gyrokinetic Turbulence by Kawazura, Y., Schekochihin, A. A., Barnes, M., TenBarge, J. M., Tong, Y., Klein, K. G., Dorland, W.

“…The partition of irreversible heating between ions and electrons in compressively driven (but subsonic) collisionless turbulence is investigated by means of…”
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Anisotropy of Alfvénic turbulence in the solar wind and numerical simulations by Chen, C. H. K., Mallet, A., Yousef, T. A., Schekochihin, A. A., Horbury, T. S.

“…We investigate the anisotropy of Alfvénic turbulence in the inertial range of slow solar wind and in both driven and decaying reduced magnetohydrodynamic…”
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Fast collisionless reconnection and electron heating in strongly magnetized plasmas by Loureiro, N F, Schekochihin, A A, Zocco, A

“…Magnetic reconnection in strongly magnetized (low-beta), weakly collisional plasmas is investigated by using a novel fluid-kinetic model [Zocco and…”
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Firehose and Mirror Instabilities in a Collisionless Shearing Plasma by Kunz, Matthew W., Schekochihin, Alexander A., Stone, James M.

“…Hybrid-kinetic numerical simulations of firehose and mirror instabilities in a collisionless plasma are performed in which pressure anisotropy is driven as the…”
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Kinetic Simulations of the Interruption of Large-Amplitude Shear-Alfvén Waves in a High-β Plasma by Squire, J, Kunz, M W, Quataert, E, Schekochihin, A A

“…Using two-dimensional hybrid-kinetic simulations, we explore the nonlinear "interruption" of standing and traveling shear-Alfvén waves in collisionless…”
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Gyrokinetic simulations of solar wind turbulence from ion to electron scales by Howes, G G, TenBarge, J M, Dorland, W, Quataert, E, Schekochihin, A A, Numata, R, Tatsuno, T

“…A three-dimensional, nonlinear gyrokinetic simulation of plasma turbulence resolving scales from the ion to electron gyroradius with a realistic mass ratio is…”
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Fluidization of collisionless plasma turbulence by Meyrand, Romain, Kanekar, Anjor, Dorland, William, Schekochihin, Alexander A.

“…In a collisionless, magnetized plasma, particles may stream freely along magnetic field lines, leading to “phase mixing” of their distribution function and…”
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Cosmic-void observations reconciled with primordial magnetogenesis by Hosking, David N., Schekochihin, Alexander A.

“…It has been suggested that the weak magnetic field hosted by the intergalactic medium in cosmic voids could be a relic from the early Universe. However,…”
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Formation of plasmoid chains in magnetic reconnection by Samtaney, R, Loureiro, N F, Uzdensky, D A, Schekochihin, A A, Cowley, S C

“…A detailed numerical study of magnetic reconnection in resistive MHD for very large, previously inaccessible, Lundquist numbers (10(4) <or= S <or= 10(8)) is…”
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A thermally stable heating mechanism for the intracluster medium: turbulence, magnetic fields and plasma instabilities by Kunz, M. W., Schekochihin, A. A., Cowley, S. C., Binney, J. J., Sanders, J. S.

“…We consider the problem of self-regulated heating and cooling in galaxy clusters and the implications for cluster magnetic fields and turbulence. Viscous…”
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Generation of internal waves by buoyant bubbles in galaxy clusters and heating of intracluster medium by Zhang, Congyao, Churazov, Eugene, Schekochihin, Alexander A

“…ABSTRACT Buoyant bubbles of relativistic plasma in cluster cores plausibly play a key role in conveying the energy from a supermassive black hole to the…”
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Amplitude limits and nonlinear damping of shear-Alfvén waves in high-beta low-collisionality plasmas by Squire, J, Schekochihin, A A, Quataert, E

“…This work, which extends Squire et al (Astrophys. J. Lett. 2016 830 L25), explores the effect of self-generated pressure anisotropy on linearly polarized…”
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Power and spectral index anisotropy of the entire inertial range of turbulence in the fast solar wind by Wicks, R. T., Horbury, T. S., Chen, C. H. K., Schekochihin, A. A.

“…We measure the power and spectral index anisotropy of magnetic field fluctuations in fast solar wind turbulence from scales larger than the outer scale down to…”
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The nature and energetics of AGN-driven perturbations in the hot gas in the Perseus Cluster by Zhuravleva, I., Churazov, E., Arévalo, P., Schekochihin, A. A., Forman, W. R., Allen, S. W., Simionescu, A., Sunyaev, R., Vikhlinin, A., Werner, N.

“…Cores of relaxed galaxy clusters are often disturbed by AGN. Their Chandra observations revealed a wealth of structures induced by shocks, subsonic gas…”
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Gas density fluctuations in the Perseus Cluster: clumping factor and velocity power spectrum by Zhuravleva, I., Churazov, E., Arévalo, P., Schekochihin, A. A., Allen, S. W., Fabian, A. C., Forman, W. R., Sanders, J. S., Simionescu, A., Sunyaev, R., Vikhlinin, A., Werner, N.

“…X-ray surface brightness fluctuations in the core of the Perseus Cluster are analysed, using deep observations with the Chandra observatory. The amplitude of…”
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