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Electron Holes and Heating in the Reconnection Dissipation Region
Using particle-in-cell simulations and kinetic theory, we explore the
current-driven turbulence and associated electron heating in the dissipation
region during 3D magnetic reconnection with a guide field. At late time the
turbulence is dominated by the Buneman and lower hybrid instabilities. Both
produce electron holes that co-exist but have very different propagation
speeds. The associated scattering of electrons by the holes enhances electron
heating in the dissipation region.Comment: 14 pages, 5 figures, submitted to GR
Nonlinear Development of Streaming Instabilities In Strongly Magnetized Plasmas
The nonlinear development of streaming instabilities in the current layers
formed during magnetic reconnection with a guide field is explored. Theory and
3-D particle-in-cell simulations reveal two distinct phases. First, the
parallel Buneman instability grows and traps low velocity electrons. The
remaining electrons then drive two forms of turbulence: the parallel
electron-electron two-stream instability and the nearly-perpendicular lower
hybrid instability. The high velocity electrons resonate with the turbulence
and transfer momentum to the ions and low velocity electrons.Comment: Accepted by PR
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A Search for Stellar Obscuration Events due to Dark Clouds
The recent detections of a large population of faint submillimetre sources,
an excess halo gamma-ray background, and the extreme scattering events observed
for extragalactic radio sources have been explained as being due to baryonic
dark matter in the form of small, dark, gas clouds. In this paper we present
the results of a search for the transient stellar obscurations such clouds are
expected to cause. We examine the Macho project light curves of 48 x 10^6 stars
toward the Galactic bulge, LMC and SMC for the presence of dark cloud
extinction events. We find no evidence for the existence of a population of
dark gas clouds with Av > 0.2 and masses between ~ 10^-4 and 10^-2 M_solar in
the Galactic disk or halo. However, it is possible that such dark cloud
populations could exist if they are clustered in regions away from the observed
lines of sight.Comment: 13 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Ap
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