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Dataset from: Isolation and Phase-Space Energization Analysis of the Instabilities in Collisionless Shocks
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Dataset from: Isolation and Phase-Space Energization Analysis of the Instabilities in Collisionless Shocks

Collin R Brown, James Juno, Gregory G. Howes, Colby C. Haggerty and Sage Constantinou
Zenodo
05/05/2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7901520
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We analyze the generation of kinetic instabilities and their effect on the energiza- tion of ions in non-relativistic, oblique collisionless shocks using a 3D-3V simulation by dHybridR, a hybrid particle-in-cell code. At sufficiently high Mach number, quasi- perpendicular and oblique shocks can experience rippling of the shock surface caused by kinetic instabilities arising from free energy in the ion velocity distribution due to the combination of the incoming ion beam and the population of ions reflected at the shock front. To understand the role of the ripple on particle energization, we devise the new instability isolation method to identify the unstable modes underlying the ripple and interpret the results in terms of the governing kinetic instability. We generate velocity- space signatures using the field-particle correlation technique to look at energy transfer in phase space from the isolated instability driving the shock ripple, providing a viewpoint on the different dynamics of distinct populations of ions in phase space. We generate velocity-space signatures of the energy transfer in phase space of the isolated instability driving the shock ripple using the field-particle correlation technique. Together, the field-particle correlation technique and our new instability isolation method provide a unique viewpoint on the different dynamics of distinct populations of ions in phase space and allow us to completely characterize the energetics of the collisionless shock under investigation.

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