Publications by authors named "Daniel Told"
Article Synopsis
- The study of electron scales is crucial for understanding plasma behavior in space and astrophysics, specifically in terms of plasma turbulence and energy transfer.
- There is a significant gap in knowledge regarding how plasma electrons contribute to heat flux and its regulation, making it a key area of research.
- This White Paper outlines important scientific questions related to electron processes and proposes new space missions to address these challenges in the fields of space physics and astrophysics.
We analyze plasma heating in weakly collisional kinetic Alfvén wave turbulence using high resolution gyrokinetic simulations spanning the range of scales between the ion and the electron gyroradii. Real space structures that have a higher than average heating rate are shown not to be confined to current sheets. This novel result is at odds with previous studies, which use the electromagnetic work in the local electron fluid frame, i.
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