Collisionless Magnetorotational Turbulence in Pair Plasmas: Steady-State Dynamics, Particle Acceleration, and Radiative Cooling
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Bacchini, F.
Zhdankin, V.
Gorbunov, E.A.
Werner, G.R.
Arzamasskiy, L.
Begelman, M.C.
Uzdensky, D.A.
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Physical sciences
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Scientific
Date
2024Metadata
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We present 3D fully kinetic shearing-box simulations of pair-plasma magnetorotational turbulence with unprecedented macro-to-microscopic scale separation. While retrieving the expected fluid behavior of the plasma at large scales, we observe a steepening of turbulent spectra at kinetic scales and substantial angular-momentum transport linked with kinetic processes. For the first time, we provide a definitive demonstration of nonthermal particle acceleration in kinetic magnetorotational turbulence agnostically of shearing-box initial conditions by means of a novel strategy exploiting synchrotron cooling.
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Bacchini, F.; Zhdankin, V.; Gorbunov, E.A.; Werner, G.R.; Arzamasskiy, L.; Begelman, M.C.; Uzdensky, D.A. (2024). Collisionless Magnetorotational Turbulence in Pair Plasmas: Steady-State Dynamics, Particle Acceleration, and Radiative Cooling. , Physical Review Letters, Vol. 113, Issue 4, A045202, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.045202.Identifiers
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eng