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We study the chiral-imbalance and the Weibel instabilities in presence of the quantum anomaly using the Berry-curvature modified kinetic equation. We argue that in many realistic situations, e.g. relativistic heavy-ion collisions, both the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-21 Avdhesh Kumar , Jitesh. R. Bhatt , Predhiman. K. Kaw

To analyze the joint development of two-stream and filamentation kinetic instabilities in a plasma with a particle beam, a quasilinear approach has been developed that accounts for the integral nonlinear interaction of modes arising from…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-04-29 A. A. Kuznetsov , Vl. V. Kocharovsky

The dispersion relation of kinetic Alfv\'en wave in inertial regime is studied in a three component non-degenerate streaming plasma. A lin- ear dispersion relation using fluid- Vlasov equation for quantum plasma is also derived. The quantum…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-08-02 N. Rubab , G. Jaffer

Plasmas are usually described using classical equations. While this is often a good approximation, where are situations when a quantum description is motivated. In this paper we will include several quantum effects, ranging from particle…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 G. Brodin , M. Marklund

Energetic astrophysical phenomena, such as $\gamma$-ray bursts and supernova explosion-driven shocks in collisionless plasmas, involve various plasma kinetic instabilities, such as the Weibel instability. In this paper, we explore the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-07-16 Michael C. Sitarz

The kinetic instabilities of the Weibel-type are presently invoked in a large variety of astrophysical scenarios because anisotropic plasma structures are ubiquitous in space. The Weibel instability is driven by a temperature anisotropy…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 M. Lazar , R. Schlickeiser , S. Poedts

The gauge invariant electromagnetic Wigner equation is taken as the basis for a fluid-like system describing quantum plasmas, derived from the moments of the gauge invariant Wigner function. The use of the standard, gauge dependent Wigner…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 F. Haas , J. Zamanian , M. Marklund , G. Brodin

We describe main ideas of method of many-particle quantum hydrodynamics allows to derive equations for description of quantum plasma evolution. We also present definitions of collective quantum variables suitable for quantum plasmas. We…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-07-02 P. A. Andreev , L. S. Kuz'menkov

A Particle-in-Cell (PIC) numerical simulation of the electron Weibel instability is applied in a frame of Darwin (radiationless) approximation of the self-consistent fields of sparse plasma. As a result, we were able to supplement the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2010-06-29 L. V. Borodachev , D. O. Kolomiets

The perturbations of a homogeneous non-relativistic two-component plasma are studied in the Coulomb gauge. Starting from the solution found [2] of the equations of electromagnetic self consistency in a plasma [1], we add small perturbations…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Evangelos Chaliasos

Traditional plasma physics has mainly focused on regimes characterized by high temperatures and low densities, for which quantum-mechanical effects have virtually no impact. However, recent technological advances (particularly on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Manfredi

Influence of quantum effects on the internal waves and the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in plasma is investigated. It is shown that quantum pressure always stabilizes the RT instability. The problem is solved both in the limit of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 Vitaly Bychkov , Mattias Marklund , Mikhail Modestov

The electromagnetic instabilities excited by the temperature anisotropy have been always one of the interesting issues in real high-density physical systems, where the relativistic and quantum effects due to spin can be important. This…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-11-21 M. Mahdavi , H. Khanzadeh

A relativistic electron beam propagating through plasma induces a return current in the system. Such a system of counterstreaming forward and return current is susceptible to host of instabilities out of which Weibel remains a dominant mode…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-07-12 Atul Kumar , Predhiman Kaw , Amita Das

The role of the Weibel instability is investigated for the first time in the context of the large-scale magnetic reconnection problem. A late-time evolution of magnetic reconnection in relativistic pair plasmas is demonstrated by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-29 S. Zenitani , M. Hesse

A dispersion equation, which describes the interaction of low density electron beam with a degenerate electron quantum plasma, is derived and examined for some interesting cases. In addition to the instabilities similar to those for…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Levan N. Tsintsadze , Nodar L. Tsintsadze

We study the Weibel instability in a degenerate Fermi plasma. We disclose new type of quantum Weibel instabilities. In particular, a novel oscillatory Weibel instability is found and its growth rate is obtained. We reveal a transverse…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Levan N. Tsintsadze

The transition between non resonant (Weibel-type) and resonant (whistler) instabilities is investigated numerically in plasma configurations with an ambient magnetic field of increasing amplitudes. The Vlasov-Maxwell system is solved in a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2010-08-17 L. Palodhi , F. Califano , F. Pegoraro

The thermal fluctuation level of the Weibel instability is recalculated. It is shown that the divergence of the fluctuations at long wavelengths, i.e. the Weibel infrared catastrophe, never occurs. At large wavelengths the thermal…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-29 R. A. Treumann , W. Baumjohann

Generation and amplification of magnetic fields in plasmas is a long-standing topic that is of great interest to both plasma and space physics. The electron Weibel instability is a well-known mechanism responsible for self-generating…