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Electron-Scale Current Sheets and Energy Dissipation in 3D Kinetic-Scale Plasma Turbulence with Low Electron Beta

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arxiv 2306.01932 v2 pith:QD5EVCJD submitted 2023-06-02 physics.plasm-ph physics.space-ph

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keywords currentelectronsheetsbetaenergyinertialplasmadissipation
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3D kinetic-scale turbulence is studied numerically in the regime where electrons are strongly magnetized (the ratio of plasma species pressure to magnetic pressure is $\beta_e=0.1$ for electrons and $\beta_i=1$ for ions). Such a regime is relevant in the vicinity of the solar corona, the Earth's magnetosheath, and other astrophysical systems. The simulations, performed using the fluid-kinetic spectral plasma solver (SPS) code, demonstrate that the turbulent cascade in such regimes can reach scales smaller than the electron inertial scale, and results in the formation of electron-scale current sheets (ESCS). Statistical analysis of the geometrical properties of the detected ESCS is performed using an algorithm based on the medial axis transform. A typical half-thickness of the current sheets is found to be on the order of electron inertial length or below, while their half-length falls between the electron and ion inertial length. The pressure-strain interaction, used as a measure of energy dissipation, exhibits high intermittency, with the majority of the total energy exchange occurring in current structures occupying approximately 20\% of the total volume. Some of the current sheets corresponding to the largest pressure-strain interaction are found to be associated with Alfv\'enic electron jets and magnetic configurations typical of reconnection. These reconnection candidates represent about $1$\% of all the current sheets identified.

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