{"paper":{"title":"Magnetic Field Saturation of the Ion Weibel Instability in Interpenetrating Relativistic Plasmas","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["astro-ph.CO","physics.ins-det","physics.plasm-ph"],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.HE","authors_text":"Makoto Takamoto, Tsunehiko N. Kato, Yosuke Matsumoto","submitted_at":"2018-05-18T13:07:38Z","abstract_excerpt":"The time evolution and saturation of the Weibel instability at the ion Alfv\\'en current are presented by ab initio particle-in-cell simulations. We found that the ion Weibel current in 3D could evolve into the Alfv\\'en current where the magnetic field energy is sustained at 1.5\\% of the initial beam kinetic energy. The current filaments are no longer isolated at saturation, but rather connected to each other to form a network structure. Electrons are continuously heated during the coalescence of the filaments, which is crucial for obtaining sustained magnetic fields with much stronger levels t"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1805.07188","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}