Fluidization of collisionless plasma turbulence [Physics]

In a collisionless, magnetized plasma, particles may stream freely along magnetic field lines, leading to "phase mixing" of their distribution function and consequently, to smoothing out of any "compressive" fluctuations (of density, pressure, etc.). This rapid mixing underlies Landau damping of these fluctuations in a quiescent plasma—one of the most...

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